The percolating phase of whatever random percolation process resembles the confining vacuum of a gauge theory in most respects, with a string tension having a well-behaved continuum limit, a non trivial glueball spectrum and a deconfinement transition at a well determined temperature Tc. Simple numerical experiments reveal an underlying, strongly fluctuating, confining string, with an internal ...

[1] Conditions for shear and compaction localization are examined for stress states on an elliptic yield cap in the space of Mises equivalent shear stress t and mean normal compressive stress s. Localization is predicted to occur when the slope of the hydrostatic stress versus inelastic volume strain curve falls to a critical value kcrit. When applied to the standard triaxial test, the analysis...

During the flood development in an oil field, the creep characteristic of mudstone is one of the important factors causing casing damage. In this study, based on the theory of fractional order differential and taking into account the creep damage evolution rules, a fractional nonlinear creep-damage model is proposed to reflect the instantaneous deformation in loading processes and the accelerat...

Compaction bands are narrow planar zones of localized purely compressive (without shear) deformation that form perpendicular to the most compressive principal stress. Such bands have been observed in high porosity rocks in the laboratory and in the field. Because compaction presumably decreases permeability, these bands can act as barriers to flow within reservoirs. Reexamination of the results...

Uniaxial compressive stress-strain curves of several groups basalt fiber crumb rubber mortars (BF-CRM) with different contents are tested. By comparing the GZH model, improved values parameters BF-CRM constitutive model based on obtained. Then, taking supporting scheme main substation mine as background, using FLAC3D to simulate roadway support, replace ordinary in original and combining triaxi...

Materials such as waste tire chips were widely used to improve the strength of soil. The objective of this study is to discuss the residual strength or steady-state behavior of sand-waste tire chip mixtures. A series of undrained monotonic triaxial compression tests were conducted on reconstituted saturated specimens of sand and sand-tire chip mixtures with variation in the tire-chip contents f...

To study the effects of confining pressure and joint material properties on stress evolution fracture behavior jointed rock mass under SHPB impact load, numerical software LS-DYNA indoor system are used to carry out experimental research intact mass. The peak stress, reflection transmission coefficient, specimen failure state specimens different schemes obtained. level propagation attenuation l...

Stress fluctuations caused by stick-slip instabilities are frequently encountered in laboratory shear testings of granular materials. It is not common to observe stick-slips angular-shaped assemblies, although rounded particles more prone this type behaviour. This paper specifically concerns the deviatoric stress shearing coarse angular glass granules. A systematic experimental program comprisi...