Rock and Soil Mechanics ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (S1): 67-76.doi: 10.16285/j.rsm.2020.0582

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Strength test and mechanical characteristics of weathered rock softened by water

CHEN Wei-le1, XU Guo-ping2, SONG Shen-you1, FU Bai-yong3, YU Jian-gang4, 5, SUN Miao-miao5, DING Zhi4, 5   

  1. 1. Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Administration Centre, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528451, China; 2. CCCC Highway Planning and Design Consultants Co., Ltd., Beijing 100088, China; 3. CCCC Highway Bridges National Engineering Research Centre Co., Ltd., Beijing 100088, China; 4. Department of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, China; 5. Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, China
  • Received:2020-05-09 Revised:2021-03-18 Online:2022-06-30 Published:2022-07-13
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    This work was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China(2018YFC0809600, 2018YFC0809602).

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Abstract: The conventional triaxial compression test was carried out on the weathered rock in immersed tunnel section of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge in natural and water-soaked states to reveal the strength change law of the weathered rock after encountering water under different conditions. The strength of weathered rock will decrease significantly when it encounters water, showing obvious softening behavior. When other conditions are certain, the shear strength of the specimen with deviator stress consolidation is significantly lower than that with isotropic consolidation. With the increases of confining pressure and deviator stress, the strain softening phenomenon of weathered rock gradually weakens, and the peak strength and residual strength gradually converge. The elastic modulus of the rock mass before the peak strength is regarded as a constant, and the plastic internal variable when the internal friction angle and cohesive force reach the residual values is used as the variable. The fitting of the cohesive force and internal friction angle to the plastic internal variable is given. The functional relationship expression improves the constitutive model considering the strain softening of weathered rock after encountering water; through regression verification, the theoretical calculation and test results of the model are consistent, indicating that the model can describe the deformation characteristics of weathered rock softened by water. Based on this model, the softening modulus of the weathered rock is obtained, and the softening coefficient is proposed as a reference for the strength and stiffness reduction of the weathered rock when it encounters water, which can provide a theoretical basis for the design and construction of similar projects such as Shenzhen-Zhongshan bridge.

Key words: weathered rock, triaxial compression test, deviator stress consolidation, plastic internal variable, softening coefficient

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