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Independence verification of peak-strength strain energy storage index from rock specimen shape effects
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Zhichao Hea, Fengqiang Gonga, b, *, Li Renb, **, Da Huangc, Weimin Yangd
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2026, 18(5) : 3526 - 3538
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Independence verification of peak-strength strain energy storage index from rock specimen shape effects
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Zhichao Hea, Fengqiang Gonga, b, *, Li Renb, **, Da Huangc, Weimin Yangd
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  • aSchool of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
  • bState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
  • cSchool of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang'an University, Xi'an, 710064, China
  • dSchool of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250002, China
  • Fengqiang Gong obtained his BSc and MSc from Central South University (CSU), China, and PhD from CSU and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He is a professor in School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University (SEU), a part-time professor at Hunan University of Science and Technology, and a guest professor at International Joint Research Laboratory of Henan Province for Underground Space Development and Disaster Prevention, China. His current research interests include failure mechanism of rockburst and spalling, rock energy storage law and application, rock dynamics, strength-weakening mechanism of deep rock, and damage constitutive model. He is a member of the editorial boards of Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, Journal of Central South University, Acta Geophysica, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Journal of Mining and Strata Control Engineering, Journal of Engineering Geology and Nonferrous Metals (Mining Section).

Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.07.005
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The strain energy storage index (WET) is a crucial index for evaluating rockburst proneness. Interestingly, when conducting tests to obtain WET, variations exist in the shape of coal or rock specimens. However, whether shape factors affect WET has not been theoretically and experimentally verified. In this study, to investigate the independence of WET from specimen shape effects, its rationality was first theoretically derived based on the linear energy storage (LES) laws of rock, indicating that WET is influenced by the energy storage coefficient (ESC) of the rock. Two typical rock materials (granite and red sandstone) with different rockburst proneness were selected to verify the migration effect of cubic and cylindrical specimens on WET via uniaxial compression tests. The experimental results revealed that the mechanical behavior characteristics of rocks were affected by the shape of cylindrical and cubic specimens, whereas the WET and ESC were opposite. Furthermore, the practical WET values closely approximate the theoretical values of energy storage-dissipated ratio predicted by the LES law, converging to the peak-strength strain energy storage index (). Based on the LES law, the influence of specimen shape on WET and was further discussed, concluding that WET and are independent of specimen shape effects. Furthermore, the is more stable than WET and reflects the relative magnitude of energy storage and dissipation during the entire pre-peak of rock. Thus, the peak-strength strain energy storage index can be used as a substitute for WET in evaluating the rockburst proneness of rock.

Rock mechanics  /  Rockburst  /  Strain energy storage index  /  Linear energy storage (LES) law  /  Energy storage coefficient  /  Peak-strength strain energy storage index
Zhichao He, Fengqiang Gong, Li Ren, Da Huang, Weimin Yang. Independence verification of peak-strength strain energy storage index from rock specimen shape effects[J]. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2026 , 18 (5) : 3526 -3538 . DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.07.005
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(42077244)
  • State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, Sichuan University(SDGZK2431)
  • Postgraduate Research& Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(KYCX24_0434)
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doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.07.005
  • Receive Date:2025-01-05
  • Online Date:2026-06-17
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-01-05
  • Revised:2025-07-02
  • Accepted:2025-07-15
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(42077244)
State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, Sichuan University(SDGZK2431)
Postgraduate Research& Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(KYCX24_0434)
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    aSchool of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
    bState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
    cSchool of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang'an University, Xi'an, 710064, China
    dSchool of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250002, China

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* Corresponding author. School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China. E-mail addresses: , (F. Gong)
** Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: (L. Ren).
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小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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