Particle Breakage of Calcareous Sand and Its Correlation with Input Energy
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 20, Issue 2
Abstract
A series of confined compression tests and triaxial tests under different test conditions were carried out on two types of calcareous sand from the South China Sea. Notably, drained and undrained tests under monotonic, cyclic, and creep testing conditions were conducted. This study was focused on the relationship between the relative breakage and total input energy under different test conditions. The influences of grain size were also investigated. The test results showed that a large number of particle breakages occurred in the calcareous sand under different modes of loading, which has a significant influence on the mechanical properties of the material, and increasing the confining pressures resulted in increases in the particle breakage of the calcareous sand. The relationship between the relative breakage and total input energy was unique regardless of the testing conditions in this study, and larger grain size resulted in more significant particle breakage.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request.
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support to this study from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51808244).
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Received: Nov 6, 2018
Accepted: May 28, 2019
Published online: Nov 28, 2019
Published in print: Feb 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Apr 28, 2020
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