Determining elastic constants of transversely isotropic rocks using Brazilian test and iterative procedure

The elastic constants of rocks are the basic parameters for rock mechanics, and play a very important role in engineering design. There are many laboratory methods to determine the elastic constants of transversely isotropic rocks, and the Brazilian test is a popular method. This paper presented a method combination of the Brazilian test, back calculation, and iterative procedure to evaluate the five independent elastic constants of transversely isotropic rocks in laboratory. The strain data at the centre of discs were obtained using Brazilian test. The stresses at the centre of discs were computed using numerical programs. By using back calculation, the temporary elastic constants were computed after the stresses and stains were substituted into elastic mechanics equations. After iterative procedure, the convergent values of the elastic constants can be obtained. One numerical example and three experimental cases were proposed to show the applicability of this method. The convergent values of the five independent elastic constants can be obtained in no more than 10 iterative cycles. The results coming from numerical analysis method exhibited satisfactory outcome in accordance with those of generalized reduced gradient method. The merits of this method include convenient specimen preparation of the Brazilian test, simple iterative procedure, and readily available commercially numerical programs, so that this method can be easily popularized in research and engineering analysis. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Boundary element analysis of transversely isotropic bi-material halfspaces with inclined planes of isotropy and interfaces

In this paper, a single-region boundary element method (BEM) is presented for the analysis of transversely isotropic bi-material halfspaces with arbitrarily inclined planes of isotropy and material interfaces. The proposed BEM uses the fundamental solution of a transversely isotropic bi-material fullspace and five boundary element techniques. Infinite boundary elements are introduced to consider the far-fields of a transversely isotropic bi-material halfspace. The effective integration methods are proposed for dealing with various integrals in the discretized boundary integral equation. The stresses at internal points are obtained using the coordinate transformation of kernel functions, and the stresses on the boundary surface are calculated using an improved traction recovered method. Numerical verifications of displacements and stresses for a benchmark problem are conducted, and excellent agreement with previously published results is obtained. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the influence of non-horizontal or horizontal planes of isotropy in bi-material halfspaces on the displacements and stresses induced by the tractions on the horizontal boundary surface. Results reveal that the elastic fields vary clearly with the dip angle of the isotropic plane and the stresses across the bi-material interface are closely related to the ratios of the elastic parameters of the bi-material.     

A transversely isotropic thermo-poroelastic model for claystone: parameter identification and application to a 3D underground structure

A transversely isotropic thermo-poroelastic constitutive law is developed and implemented in the finite element code Code_Aster (EDF, France). It is then validated using an analytic solution for an inclined borehole in a transversely isotropic medium. A strategy for identifying the parameters of the transversely isotropic thermo-poroelastic model based on an inverse method is proposed on the basis of different laboratory tests. To demonstrate the efficiency and applicability of the model, it is then applied in a three-dimensional numerical model of an underground structure in a parameter sensitivity study. The results of the modelling highlight the importance of accounting for anisotropic phenomena when determining the dimensions of underground facilities. The whole approach is presented in the paper, from model development to application to 3D numerical modelling to an engineering case study.     

一种横观各向同性岩体蠕变模型

层状岩体由于层理面或者结构面的存在,在力学上具有横观各向同性的特点,现有的各向同性蠕变模型难以全面反映横观各向同性岩体的蠕变力学特性。为构建能够反映横观各向同性岩体的三维蠕变模型,以能反映瞬时应变、减速蠕变和稳态蠕变特征的黏弹性Burgers模型为基础,基于常泊松比假定,在三维各向同性蠕变本构方程的基础上,按照算子替换的方法,将横观各向同性柔度矩阵代替各向同性柔度矩阵,并考虑了平行和垂直层理方向岩体蠕变力学行为的差异性,推导了横观各向同性岩体的三维蠕变本构方程。根据本构方程的特点,提出了根据平行和垂直方向岩体蠕变试验结果进行三维蠕变本构模型中蠕变参数的辨识方法。将提出的模型应用于三轴蠕变试验参数辨识,从而获得了一套完整的三维蠕变参数,并与试验结果进行对比分析,从而验证了所提模型与方法的合理性和有效性。进一步,指出了传统蠕变试验设计方案的局限性,给出了横观各向同性材料蠕变试验设计建议。研究成果为研究岩体三维蠕变机制提供了新思路,可对岩体蠕变试验设计提供相应的科研支撑。     

有限元和有限层元研究横向同性土对建筑物沉降的影响

从常规三轴压缩试验得到横观各向同性土层的力学参数,综合9种来自于不同国家和地区的横观各向同性土层的土样参数,研究分析了横观各向同性土层参数对建筑物沉降的影响。作为典型例子,对上海一幢剪力墙结构的箱形基础与横观各向同性土进行共同作用分析,并与各向同性土层上的分析结果进行比较,结果表明：横观各向同性土层参数对沉降的影响有些不同,尤其是不排水加载条件确定的土层参数影响的结果大不相同。     

A modi?ed failure criterion for transversely isotropic rocks

A modified failure criterion is proposed to determine the strength of transversely isotropic rocks. Me-chanical properties of some metamorphic and sedimentary rocks including gneiss, slate, marble, schist, shale, sandstone and limestone, which show transversely isotropic behavior, were taken into consider-ation. Afterward, introduced triaxial rock strength criterion was modified for transversely isotropic rocks. Through modification process an index was obtained that can be considered as a strength reduction parameter due to rock strength anisotropy. Comparison of the parameter with previous anisotropy in-dexes in literature showed reasonable results for the studied rock samples. The modified criterion was compared to modified Hoek-Brown and Ramamurthy criteria for different transversely isotropic rocks. It can be concluded that the modified failure criterion proposed in this study can be used for predicting the strength of transversely isotropic rocks.     

Static analysis of vertically loaded pile group in multilayered transversely isotropic soils

In this paper, a coupling approach is presented to study the static responses of vertically loaded pile group embedded in multilayered transversely isotropic soils. The individual pile in pile group is modeled by the finite element method, while the analytical layer-element method is applied to represent the soil's behavior. Then, the interaction equation of piles and soils is obtained by considering the force equilibrium and displacement compatibility conditions and solved by a FORTRAN program. The results computed by the proposed approach compare favorably with those from some existing solutions and field test. Some typical parametric analysis cases are investigated to study the effect of soil anisotropy, pile stiffness ratio, and pile spacing on the behavior of vertically loaded pile group.     

Load–Deflection response of transversely isotropic piles under lateral loads

In general, pile materials are assumed to be isotropic during the analysis of the load–deflection response of piles under lateral loads. However, commonly used materials such as reinforced concrete and timber as well as potentially promising new pile materials such as fiber reinforced polymers are typically transversely isotropic materials. Experimental studies have shown that transversely isotropic materials have a high ratio of section longitudinal modulus to the section in‐plane shear modulus (E_zz/G_xz) compared to the value for isotropic materials. The high modulus ratio leads to a more significant shear deformation effect in beam bending. To account for the shear deformation effect, the Timoshenko Beam Theory has been adopted in deriving the solutions for the load–deflection response of transversely isotropic piles under lateral loads instead of the Classical (Euler–Bernoulli) Beam Theory. The load–deflection responses depend on the shear effect coefficient, the lateral soil resistance, the embedment ratio, and the boundary conditions. The deflection of the pile, if the shear deformation effect is considered, is always larger than if it is neglected. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Response of multilayered transversely isotropic medium due to axisymmetric loads

A novel procedure associated with the precise integration method (PIM) and the technique of dual vector is proposed to effectively calculate the magnitude and distribution of deformations in a homogeneous multilayered transversely isotropic medium. The planes of transverse isotropy are assumed to be parallel to the horizontal surface of the soil system. The linearly elastic medium is subjected to four types of vertically acting axisymmetric loads prescribed either at the external surface or in the interior of the soil medium. There are no limits for the thicknesses and number of soil layers to be considered. By virtue of the governing equations of motion and the constitutive equations of the transversely isotropic elastic body, and based on the Hankel integral transform and a dual vector formulation in a cylindrical coordinate system, the partial differential motion equations can be converted into first‐order ordinary differential matrix equations. Applying the approach of PIM, it is convenient to obtain the solutions of ordinary differential matrix equations for the continuously homogeneous multilayered transversely isotropic elastic soil in the transformed domain. The PIM is a highly accurate algorithm to solve the sets of first‐order ordinary differential equations, which can ensure to achieve any desired accuracy of the solutions. What is more, all calculations are based on the standard method with the corresponding algebraic operations. Computational efforts can be reduced to a great extent. Finally, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed approach. Some more cases are analyzed to evaluate the influences of the elastic parameters of the transversely isotropic media on the load‐displacement responses. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

横观各向同性地基中管桩扭转振动响应解析解

考虑地基沉积过程中产生的竖向和水平向力学性质的差异,对横观各向同性地基中管桩扭转振动频域响应进行了理论研究。基于横观各向同性材料的本构关系以及桩-土耦合扭转振动,建立了桩土系统定解问题,通过Laplace变换和分离变量法求得了桩周土和桩芯土扭转振动位移形式解。通过桩-土接触面的连续条件,求得了管桩扭转频域响应解析解,并得到了桩顶复动刚度和速度导纳的表达式。将所得解退化到横观各向同性地基中实心桩解以及均匀地基中管桩解,并与已有文献进行了对比,验证了解的合理性。通过数值算例,分析了桩周土和桩芯土的横观各向同性力学参数对桩顶扭转复刚度及速度导纳的影响。     

无限域横观各向同性岩体介质中折线裂纹边界元方法

岩体材料的各向异性导致其中的光滑裂纹在扩展后会变为折线裂纹。对于折线裂纹,其折线处裂纹面外法线方向不惟一,不能用连续单元离散。为此,在光滑裂纹问题方法的基础上,引入4种新的不连续单元来离散折线处裂纹面,建立了适用于折线裂纹问题的对偶边界元方法,该方法基于横观各向同性基本解。算例验证表明,该方法具有较好的精度。最后用该方法分析了横观各向同性岩体中的折线裂纹,得到了该类裂纹的应力强度因子。当裂纹面上作用法向均布力,横观各向同性岩体介质中的矩形光滑裂纹发生弯折时,折线两侧的裂纹面在张开时存在抑制效应,从而导致折线裂纹裂尖应力强度因子小于原光滑裂纹。同时还发现,随裂纹面的逐渐弯折,其裂纹面对各向同性面的倾角发生变化,因此,其裂尖断裂特性还受到岩体各向异性的影响。     

列车荷载下上覆弹性层横观各向同性饱和地基的动力响应

基于Biot多孔弹性介质的波动理论,构造了轨道、道碴、枕木及弹性层的横观各向同性饱和地基在列车荷载下的动力计算模型。利用Fourier变换,得到了列车荷载作用下横观各向同性软土地基上弹性层动力响应的解析结果。利用离散Fourier逆变换得到数值计算结果,分析了荷载速度、地基的各向异性参数、弹性层刚度系数及厚度对位移和孔压响应的影响。分析结果表明：弹性层对控制地基振动作用显著,地表振动幅值随荷载速度的增加而增大,软土的横向弹性模量对地表振动及土中孔压有较大影响。     

Computing Displacements in Transversely Isotropic Rocks Using Influence Charts

Summary  This paper presents a simple graphical method for computing the displacement beneath/at the surface of a transversely isotropic half-space subjected to surface loads. The surface load can be distributed on an irregularly-shaped area. The planes of transverse isotropy are assumed to be parallel to the horizontal surface of the half-space. Based on the point load solutions presented by the authors, four influence charts are constructed for calculating the three displacements at any point in the interior of the half-space. Then, by setting z=0 of the derived solutions, another four influence charts for computing the surface displacements can also be proposed. These charts are composed of unit blocks. Each unit block is bounded by two adjacent radii and arcs, and contributes the same level of influence to the displacement. Following, a theoretical study was performed and the results showed that the charts for interior displacements are only suitable for transversely isotropic rocks with real roots of the characteristic equation; however, the charts for surface displacements are suitable for all transversely isotropic rocks. Finally, to demonstrate the use of the new graphical method, an illustrative example of a layered rock subjected to a uniform, normal circular-shaped load is given. The results from the new graphical method agree with those of analytical solutions as well. The new influence charts can be a practical alternative to the existing analytical or numerical solutions, and provide results with reasonable accuracy.     

横观各向同性含液饱和多孔介质黏弹性瞬态反应

在考虑横观各向同性含液饱和多孔介质固体骨架和流体可压缩性以及固体骨架的黏弹性特征下,基于横观各向同性含液饱和多孔介质u-w形式的三维动力控制方程,以固相位移u、液相相对位移w为基本未知量,综合运用Laplace变换、双重Fourier变换等方法,在直角坐标系下通过引入中间变量,将六元2阶动力控制方程组化为两组各含4个未知变量的常微分方程组,给出了直角坐标系下横观各向同性含液饱和多孔介质三维黏弹性动力反应的积分形式一般解;作为理论推导的验证,通过引入初始条件和边界条件,对横观各向同性含液饱和多孔介质半空间黏弹性瞬态反应问题进行了求解。解答的退化验证表明,所推导的理论解是正确的。     

水平条形均布荷载下横观各向同性弹性地基的位移分析

分析了水平条形均布荷载下横观各向同性地基位移规律,归纳了位移随弹性模量比n之不同而变化的规律,提出了水平条形均布荷载下横观各向同性地基位移的近似简化解,以供岩土工程设计人员参考。     

横观各向同性地基上刚性矩形基础分析

对横观各向同性地基上刚性矩形板进行了求解。首先,利用表面受矩形均布荷载作用下的层状横观各向同性地基的位移解答,获得地基的柔度矩阵;然后,通过刚性矩形基础与层状横观各向同性地基的协调条件,建立刚性矩形基础与横观各向同性地基共同作用的方程,进而求得基础的地基反力。通过编制相应的程序,确定了合理的网格划分值;最后,进行算例分析,分析了地基横观各向同性性质、矩形刚性基础的长宽比以及地基分层性对地基反力的影响。分析表明：以上3种因素对地基反力有重要影响。     

列车荷载下轨道系统-层状横观各向同性饱和地基动力响应

基于Biot波动理论,构建列车荷载-轨道系统-双层状横观各向同性饱和地基模型,将模型分为上覆路轨系统和地层系统。对上覆路轨系统和地层系统处理,并利用双重Fourier变换技术,在变换域中将横观各向同性饱和地基动力响应的求解简化为求解一个6阶控制方程的特征值问题,进而得到了列车荷载作用下双层横观各向同性饱和地基力响应的解析结果。利用离散Fourier逆变换得到数值计算结果,重点分析了上下土层的刚度和泊松比对位移和孔隙水压力和剪切应力响应的影响,结果表明,上、下土层刚度差异对地基动力响应有较大影响,土层各向异性参数中模量的影响较泊松比大。计算结果可为软土路基加固深度的确定提供理论依据。     

横观各向同性饱和土体三维粘弹性动力分析

采用针对横观各向同性饱和土体u-w形式三维粘弹性动力方程,考虑土骨架的粘弹性性质且基于粘弹性理论,通过运用Fourier 展开、Laplace 和Hankel 积分变换方法和引入中间变量,将含有粘弹性参数的六元二阶偏微分运动控制方程组,化为2组各含4个未知变量的常微分方程组,从而给出了柱坐标系下粘弹性横观各向同性饱和土体在非轴对称动力荷载作用下的瞬态反应的土骨架位移分量、孔隙流体相对于土骨架的位移分量瞬态反应一般解。在此基础上,引入初始条件和边界条件,对垂直向和水平向动力荷载作用下半空间边值问题进行了求解。根据动力时域解答的一般解,利用Laplace和Hankel 数值逆变换技术,编制了相应的数值计算程序。并进行了实例验证和弹性、粘弹性解的对比分析。结果表明,在进行横观各向同性饱和土体动力分析时,考虑土骨架的粘弹性是必要的。     

Discrete element modeling of transversely isotropic rocks with non-continuous planar fabrics under Brazilian test

Acta Geotechnica - A new numerical approach based on the particle discrete element method (PDEM) is developed to investigate the mechanical behavior of transversely isotropic rocks with...     

Finite layer analysis of laterally loaded piles in cross-anisotropic soils

This paper presents a finite layer method for the analysis of laterally loaded piles in isotropic and cross-anisotropic layered soils. Excellent agreement is found between the isotropic solutions computed by the finite layer method and the more rigorous finite element method. Some theoretical solutions are presented to demonstrate the effect of soil anisotropy. Two full scale field case histories have been analysed by the method using isotropic and cross-anisotropic soil models.