Numerical Simulation of Rock Fracture and Permeability Characteristics under Stress–Seepage–Damage Coupling Action
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 23, Issue 1
Abstract
In the field of rock mechanics, the stress–seepage–damage coupling numerical simulation of rock has always been a hot topic but a difficult problem. Based on this background, we newly derive the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) form of the seepage equation and a two-dimensional (2D) stress–seepage–damage coupling constitutive model. The proposed coupling model considers the heterogeneity of the engineering rock mass and overcomes the difficulty of the conventional SPH algorithm in stress–seepage–damage calculation. Stable one-dimensional (1D) seepage is first simulated to verify the correctness of the seepage equation and that the simulation results coincide with traditional analytical solutions. Then two triaxial compression experiments considering seepage and no-seepage conditions are simulated to show that the coupled model can well simulate the progressive rock failure process and the change in permeability. The correctness of the coupling model is verified by comparing the simulated results with experimental results. The existence of a seepage field advances the initial cracking time and weakens the peak strength of the rock. Finally, the progressive damage processes of surrounding rock excavation under unloading action are simulated, showing that stress–seepage–damage coupling model has application prospects in rock engineering. The research results may provide some references for the application of the SPH method in the stress–seepage–damage coupling simulation of rock.
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Acknowledgments
This research was supported by the Chongqing Natural Science Fund General Project (Grant Number cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0904), the Chongqing Talent Plan (Grant Number CQYC2020058263), the Chongqing Technology Innovation and Application Development Project (Grant Number cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0246), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Project (Grant Number 2021M693739), and special funding for postdoctoral research projects in Chongqing (Grant Number 2021XM2019).
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Volume 23 • Issue 1 • January 2023
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Received: Nov 18, 2021
Accepted: Jul 29, 2022
Published online: Nov 4, 2022
Published in print: Jan 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Apr 4, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Continuum mechanics
- Coupling
- Cracking
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Fracture mechanics
- Geology
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Models (by type)
- Numerical models
- Permeability (material)
- Rock mechanics
- Rocks
- Seepage
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Solid mechanics
- Structural engineering
- Structural members
- Structural systems
- Two-dimensional models
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