<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The problem of numerical simulation of the material interface response under monotonic and cyclic loading is of fundamental scientific and engineering importance. In fact, such interfaces occur in most engineering and geotechnical structures. The present work is devoted to the deformational response analysis of contact interfaces under monotonic and cyclic loads. The class of materials includes rock and structural joints, soil structure interfaces, masonry and cementitious joints, localized shear bands and so on.</p><p>The aim of the proposed model is to simulate the cyclic shear test under constant normal load. The associated dilatancy effect is associated with the configurational effects of asperity interaction or dilatancy of wear debris layer. The large primary asperities are assumed as responsible for interfacial dilation and small size asperities as governing frictional sliding and hysteresis response. The elliptic loading yield function is assumed to translate and rotate during progressive or reverse loading events. The model formulation is discussed and confronted with experimental data.</p></abstract>

The problem of numerical simulation of the material interface response under monotonic and cyclic loading is of fundamental scientific and engineering importance. In fact, such interfaces occur in most engineering and geotechnical structures. The present work is devoted to the deformational response analysis of contact interfaces under monotonic and cyclic loads. The class of materials includes rock and structural joints, soil structure interfaces, masonry and cementitious joints, localized shear bands and so on.The aim of the proposed model is to simulate the cyclic shear test under constant normal load. The associated dilatancy effect is associated with the configurational effects of asperity interaction or dilatancy of wear debris layer. The large primary asperities are assumed as responsible for interfacial dilation and small size asperities as governing frictional sliding and hysteresis response. The elliptic loading yield function is assumed to translate and rotate during progressive or reverse loading events. The model formulation is discussed and confronted with experimental data.

Modelling of Rock Joints Interface under Cyclic Loading

Faculty Of Automotive And Construction Machinery Engineering, Institute Of Construction Machinery

Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering, Institute of Construction Machinery

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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The problem of numerical simulation of the material interface response under monotonic and cyclic loading is of fundamental scientific and engineering...

Modelling of Rock Joints Interface under Cyclic Loading

Article Category: Research Article

Publié en ligne: 19 mars 2020

Pages: 36 - 47

Reçu: 01 mars 2019

Accepté: 02 sept. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0030

Mots clés
cyclic shear test, asperity degradation, elliptic yield surface, material interface response, rock joint interface

© 2020 Jan Maciejewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Modelling of Rock Joints Interface under Cyclic Loading

Article Category: Research Article

Publié en ligne: 19 mars 2020

Pages: 36 - 47

Reçu: 01 mars 2019

Accepté: 02 sept. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0030

Mots cléscyclic shear test, asperity degradation, elliptic yield surface, material interface response, rock joint interface

© 2020 Jan Maciejewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
cyclic shear test, asperity degradation, elliptic yield surface, material interface response, rock joint interface