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Experimental Study on Anchorage Mechanical Behavior and Surface Cracking Characteristics of a Non-persistent Jointed Rock Mass

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It is significant to conduct anchorage on the non-persistent jointed rock mass by bolts to inhabit the unstable fracture evolution of rock engineering. In this research, a series of experiments are done on 70 specimens to investigate the effect of anchorage method on strength and deformation behavior of a non-persistent jointed rock mass. First, based on the stress–strain curves of anchorage jointed specimens, the effect of anchorage method on the peak strength and elastic modulus of non-persistent jointed rock mass is investigated. The experimental results show that the peak strength and elastic modulus of jointed specimens changes with anchorage method for the same joint angle, while first decreases and then increases from 0° to 90° for the same anchorage method. Second, the effect of pretightening force on the strength and deformation behavior of anchorage jointed specimens is analyzed. The axial stress-axial strain curves of anchorage jointed specimens with various pretightening forces can be characterized into five types: (I) strain softening after the specimen drops to yield platform from peak strength; (II) strain hardening after the specimen drops to yield platform from peak strength; (III) strain hardening after the specimen yields; (IV) stepwise strain softening after the peak strength; (V) single stress drop after the peak strength. The peak strength and elastic modulus of jointed specimens for the same dip angle all increases nonlinearly with the pretightening force. And then, based on a series of surface failure mode of non-persistent jointed rock specimen, it can be seen that the initiation, propagation and coalescence of surface cracks depend on not only the joint angle, but also the magnitude of pretightening force. Twelve crack coalescence types are identified to analyze the surface crack mode of anchorage non-persistent jointed rock specimens. Finally, the effect of pretightening force on brittleness index of non-persistent jointed rock mass is made a discussion.

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The research was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2015XKZD05) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51734009).

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Yang, SQ., Chen, M. & Tao, Y. Experimental Study on Anchorage Mechanical Behavior and Surface Cracking Characteristics of a Non-persistent Jointed Rock Mass. Rock Mech Rock Eng 54, 1193–1221 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-020-02325-7

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