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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Πειραματική διερεύνηση διατμητικής συμπεριφοράς ασυνεχειών βράχου με υλικό πληρώσεως

Abstract

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THE PRESENT STUDY IS AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF THE SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF FILLED ROCK JOINTS. REPLICAS OF NATURAL ROUGH ROCK JOINTS WERE USED AS SPECIMENS MADE FROM A SPECIAL CEMENT BASED MODEL MATERIAL, WITH PROPERTIES REPRESENTING A COARSE GRAINED ROCK OF MEDIUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH IN PHYSICAL SCALE.THESE SPECIMENS WERE TESTED IN DIRECT SHEAR IN A PURPOSE- BUILT SHEAR BOX UNDER A NORMAL STRESS RANGE CORRESPONDING TO MOST CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS. A REPRESENTATIVE FRICTIONAL MATERIAL WITH ANGULAR GRAINS (MARBLE DUST) AND A WEAK PLASTIC CLAYEY MATERIAL (KAOLIN) WERE USED AS INFILLS. THE EFFECT OF THE THICKNESS OF THESE FILLING MATERIALS, THE ROUGHNESS OF THE ROCK WALLS AND THE NORMAL STRESS ON THE SHEAR STRENGTH AND DEFORMABILITY OF THE ROCK JOINTS ARE SEPARATELY STUDIED. ALSO THE TYPE AND THE LOCATION OF THE FAILURE SURFACES AND THE NUMBER ANDDISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTACT AREAS BETWEEN THE ADJACENT ROCK WALLS ARE EXAMINED. IN EACH CASE THE CRITICAL VALUE OF THE THICKNESS OF THE FILLING MATERIAL, AFTER WHICH THERE IS NO MORE REDUCTION IN SHEAR STRENGTH IS DETERMINED. FINALLY ASIMPLE EMPIRICAL RELATION IS DERIVED FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND IS PROPOSED FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF INFILLED JOINTS.

Degree

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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Year dc:date
1991

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Μανωλοπούλου-Παπαλιάγκα, Στέλλα

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1717
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oai:10442/1717

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citation

Μανωλοπούλου-Παπαλιάγκα, Στέλλα. Πειραματική διερεύνηση διατμητικής συμπεριφοράς ασυνεχειών βράχου με υλικό πληρώσεως. Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1717