Influence of water content and anisotropy on the strength and deformability of low porosity meta-sedimentary rocks under triaxial compression

Engineering Geology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-66

  Li, Diyuan ^a,b   Wong, Louis Ngai Yuen ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Zhang, Xiaoping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Deformability; Meta sedimentary rock; Strength; Triaxial compressive test; Water content

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STRAIN; BEDDING PLANES; CONFINING STRESS; DEVIATOR STRESS; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION ANGLES; HOEK BROWN FAILURE CRITERION; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LOW POROSITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; PEAK STRENGTH; POISSON'S RATIO; PRESENCE OF WATER; ROCK SPECIMEN; SECANT MODULUS; STRENGTH; STRESS CONDITION; THIN SECTION; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE TESTS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; WEAKENING EFFECT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FORMABILITY; MERCURY (METAL); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE MECHANISM; HOEK-BROWN CRITERION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MOHR THEORY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH; WATER CONTENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84862829532     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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