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Loading-unloading responses of non-persistent flawed granite subjected to cyclic disturbances
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Tingting Liua, b, Chao Zhanga, Luyang Dinga, b, *, Kun Xua, Xinping Lia, b, Wenxu Huanga, b
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2026, 18(5) : 3589 - 3605
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Loading-unloading responses of non-persistent flawed granite subjected to cyclic disturbances
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Tingting Liua, b, Chao Zhanga, Luyang Dinga, b, *, Kun Xua, Xinping Lia, b, Wenxu Huanga, b
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  • aSchool of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
  • bSanya Science and Education Innovation Park of Wuhan University of Technology, Sanya, 572025, China
  • Tingting Liu is a Professor at the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, China. She received her BSc degree from Zhengzhou University and PhD degree from the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research interests encompass dynamic mechanical behavior of deep jointed rock masses, stress wave propagation across rock joints, prediction of blasting vibration, and safety assessment methodologies for deep underground surrounding rock.

Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.08.049
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During geotechnical construction, flawed rock masses experience dynamic cyclic disturbances, leading to cumulative deformation and progressive damage. Consequently, elucidating the fracture mechanisms under cyclic loading is crucial for ensuring the safety and prolonged operation of deep underground engineering. This study investigated the mechanical responses of the surrounding rock at different locations by conducting triaxial tests on flawed granite using three distinct cyclic loading and unloading paths. Based on the maximum tangential stress criterion, a fracture mechanics model for open flaws was developed to analyze the intrinsic influence of confining pressure and flaw inclination on crack initiation behavior. The results indicate that graded unloading of confining pressure significantly weakens the flawed rock mass, reducing its peak stress to only 77.5 % of that observed under constant confining pressure. Conversely, flawed rock masses exhibit a substantial increase in bearing capacity under increasing graded cyclic loading, achieving a peak stress 19.3 % higher than that under cyclic disturbance loading. At a constant confining pressure of 40 MPa, the type of disturbance loading has no significant effect on the failure mode. The flawed granite specimens form a nearly V-shaped shear failure zone along the open flaw. However, confining pressure unloading induced a more complex shear-tensile composite failure mode in the specimens. The crack initiation angle increases nonlinearly with confining pressure, but decreases gradually as the flaw inclination angle (β) increases. These findings provide valuable insights for the safe construction of deep underground engineering.

Flawed granite  /  Cyclic disturbance loading  /  Energy evolution  /  Fracture mechanism  /  Crack initiation angle
Tingting Liu, Chao Zhang, Luyang Ding, Kun Xu, Xinping Li, Wenxu Huang. Loading-unloading responses of non-persistent flawed granite subjected to cyclic disturbances[J]. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2026 , 18 (5) : 3589 -3605 . DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.08.049
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(52079102; 52279108)
  • Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2024AFA041)
Year 2026 volume 18 Issue 5
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doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.08.049
  • Receive Date:2025-01-17
  • Online Date:2026-06-17
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-01-17
  • Revised:2025-07-11
  • Accepted:2025-08-21
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(52079102; 52279108)
Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2024AFA041)
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    aSchool of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
    bSanya Science and Education Innovation Park of Wuhan University of Technology, Sanya, 572025, China

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* Corresponding author. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China. E-mail address: (L. Ding).
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
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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