The bridgman ring paradox revisited

The Bridgman ring experiment, in which a hard rubber ring slipped over a steel rod was observed to split when subjected to a hydrostatic confining pressure, was repeated with Pyrex glass rings. Three cases were studied, in which (a) both ring and rod were unjacketed, (b) the inner wall of the ring was sealed from the pressure medium and (c) both rod and ring were completely jacketed. In the first two cases the ring was observed to split abruptly, with a single axial crack when confining pressure reached a critical level. In the third case no abrupt failure occurred, but a number of axial cracks were found to have formed, grown stably, but not penetrated the outer wall of the ring. The first two cases are explained by hydraulic fracturing of the ring. Observations and analysis indicate that in the third case the cracks started at flaws on the inner surface of the ring and propagated outwards in a stable manner. This case, in which a tensile crack propagates in an all-around compressive stress field, provides some insight into axial cracking of rock in triaxial compression and tensile failure of rock under radial shock loading.     

Numerical study of excavation induced fractures using an extended rigid block spring method

This paper presents a numerical study of fracturing process induced by excavation around a gallery using an extended rigid block spring method (RBSM). The surrounding rock mass is characterized by an assembly of rigid blocks based on a degraded Voronoi diagram. The macroscopic mechanical behavior of rock is related to that of interfaces between blocks. The mechanical behavior of each interface is described by its elastic stiffness and failure criterion. The failure process of interface is controlled by both normal stress and shear stress. Both tensile and shear failures are considered. The macroscopic fracturing process is described by the coalescence of cracked interfaces. The rock structural anisotropy is taken into account through a spatial variation of elastic stiffness and failure strength of interfaces. A series of sensitivity studies are performed to investigate effects of gallery orientation, failure strength of interfaces and rock structural anisotropy on gallery deformation and fracturing. Numerical results are compared with in-situ observations in terms of fracture patterns.     

构造煤的成因属性分类

前人研究认为构造煤是煤与瓦斯突出的必要条件,构造煤的分类对煤与瓦斯突出的预测和防治有重要意义。(1)根据构造煤参与煤与瓦斯突出过程的突出属性对构造煤重新进行了定义,认为构造煤是构造作用下强度降低、瓦斯异常的煤气双重介质,据此将构造煤划分为01类瓦斯构造煤和01类强度构造煤以及强度和瓦斯都变异的02类构造煤。(2)参考地质构造成因环境下岩石破坏的脆韧性划分方式,将突出属性分类与脆韧性的构造成因特性结合起来,划分出3类脆性构造煤和3类韧性构造煤,分别命名为01类脆性瓦斯构造煤、02类脆性构造煤等。(3)分析了构造煤在煤与瓦斯突出中的作用,低强度构造煤在其周围形成应力集中,瓦斯通过孔隙压力和吸附作用降低煤体强度,而高压瓦斯则是突出发展过程中煤体破坏和抛掷的重要动力源之一。(4)结合成因属性构造煤分类对各种地质因素对构造煤空间分布、构造煤瓦斯的生成和保存条件进行了分析。     

西昆仑康西瓦断裂带西延特征及其构造意义

青藏高原西北部康西瓦走滑断裂带(Karakax fault)为一条经过长期演化且现今仍在活动的重要大型断裂带,该断裂对该地区形成演化起到至关重要的控制作用。目前大多学者们认为该断裂在东段沿喀拉喀什河谷大致呈东西走向延伸,后在其西段麻扎地区向北西方向延伸。然而,通过详细的野外地质调查在该断裂带西段的麻扎地区新发现了一条NEE-SWW向的断裂,将之命名为麻塔断裂。实测地质剖面和显微构造分析发现麻塔断裂与康西瓦断裂具有相似的几何学和运动学特征,同样经历了早期右旋逆冲的韧性走滑变形和后期左旋脆性走滑变形,理应划分为一条断裂,前者是后者自麻扎向西的延伸部分。麻塔-康西瓦断裂共同参与调节了自古生代以来板块碰撞拼合在青藏高原西北部的构造变形,现今西昆仑-帕米尔地区的构造地貌格局正是康西瓦和喀喇昆仑等大型断裂新生代活动而形成的。     

江西范家坳铅锌矿区的成矿构造类型及成矿前景

江西范家坳铅锌矿矿区是由两条主边界断裂控制,其内发育的北东向的脆性剪切破裂带为所夹块体内的P型剪切破裂——北东向压扭性剪节理系,该剪节理带控制着本矿区的矿化（点）的分布.通过构造解析后认为,江西范家坳铅锌矿控矿构造为节理型脆性剪切带,成矿构造类型主要为构造细脉型,本文试图从构造控矿的角度出发,去探讨成矿构造控矿的本质及其内在的成因联系.从该区铅锌矿床成矿构造类型的划分及控矿构造类型的研究,初步讨论了江西范家坳铅锌矿主要矿化异常（点）的成矿前景.