LAPSE:2019.0545
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LAPSE:2019.0545
Experimental Study on the Shear-Flow Coupled Behavior of Tension Fractures Under Constant Normal Stiffness Boundary Conditions
Changsheng Wang, Yujing Jiang, Hengjie Luan, Jiankang Liu, Satoshi Sugimoto
May 16, 2019
This study experimentally investigated the effects of fracture surface roughness, normal stiffness, and initial normal stress on the shear-flow behavior of rough-walled rock fractures. A series of shear-flow tests were performed on two rough fractures, under various constant normal stiffness (CNS) boundary conditions. The results showed that the CNS boundary conditions have a significant influence on the mechanical and hydraulic behaviors of fractures, during shearing. The peak shear stress shows an increasing trend with the increases in the initial normal stress and fracture roughness. The residual shear stress increases with increasing the surface roughness, normal stiffness, and initial normal stress. The dilation of fracture is restrained more significantly under high normal stiffness and initial normal stress conditions. The hydraulic tests show that the evolutions of transmissivity and hydraulic aperture exhibit a three-stage behavior, during the shear process—a slight decrease stage due to the shear contraction, a fast growth stage due to shear dilation, and a slow growth stage due to the reduction rate of the mechanical aperture increment. The transmissivity and hydraulic aperture decreased, gradually, as the normal stiffness and initial normal stress increase.
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constant normal stiffness conditions, hydraulic aperture, rock fracture, shear-flow coupled test, transmissivity
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Wang C, Jiang Y, Luan H, Liu J, Sugimoto S. Experimental Study on the Shear-Flow Coupled Behavior of Tension Fractures Under Constant Normal Stiffness Boundary Conditions. (2019). LAPSE:2019.0545
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Wang C: State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China; School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Na [ORCID]
Jiang Y: State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China; School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Na [ORCID]
Luan H: State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China
Liu J: State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China; School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Na
Sugimoto S: School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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Processes
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7
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2
Article Number
E57
Year
2019
Publication Date
2019-01-22
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2227-9717
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PII: pr7020057, Publication Type: Technical report
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