A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity

Limestone stratum has great anisotropy, which is distributed from large karst caves, pipelines, and faults to small solution pores, and crevices. In this paper, uniaxial compression tests of solution pore and crevice limestones from Mamaya I hydropower station and Ronglai hydropower station are cond...

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Main Authors: Zheng Hu, Tao Wen, Kexun Zheng, Yankun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8833370
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description Limestone stratum has great anisotropy, which is distributed from large karst caves, pipelines, and faults to small solution pores, and crevices. In this paper, uniaxial compression tests of solution pore and crevice limestones from Mamaya I hydropower station and Ronglai hydropower station are conducted, and the porosity of these limestones is measured. The results show that there is a good power function relationship between compressive strength and the porosity of the solution pore and crevice limestone. Based on the Hoek–Brown criterion, the method for determining mechanical parameters of the solution pore and crevice limestones is proposed, taking the porosity of the rock into consideration. Then, the relationships between the rock mass parameters mb, s, and a and the porosity n are deduced. Based on the proposed method, the variation laws of the mechanical parameters of the limestones, including uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), tensile strength, deformation modulus, shear strength parameters are analyzed. The proposed method simplifies the complexity of mechanical parameters selection by quantifying GSI, avoids the subjectivity and uncertainty, and has good reliability and suitability in the pore and crevice limestone stratum, which has a certain guiding significance for the construction of similar sites.
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spelling doaj-art-a23602b0e6c246b19b40d058ba09b5402025-02-03T05:57:50ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942021-01-01202110.1155/2021/88333708833370A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on PorosityZheng Hu0Tao Wen1Kexun Zheng2Yankun Wang3Power China Guiyang Engineering Corporation, Ltd, Guiyang, Guizhou 550081, ChinaHubei Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, ChinaHubei Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, ChinaSchool of Geosciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, ChinaLimestone stratum has great anisotropy, which is distributed from large karst caves, pipelines, and faults to small solution pores, and crevices. In this paper, uniaxial compression tests of solution pore and crevice limestones from Mamaya I hydropower station and Ronglai hydropower station are conducted, and the porosity of these limestones is measured. The results show that there is a good power function relationship between compressive strength and the porosity of the solution pore and crevice limestone. Based on the Hoek–Brown criterion, the method for determining mechanical parameters of the solution pore and crevice limestones is proposed, taking the porosity of the rock into consideration. Then, the relationships between the rock mass parameters mb, s, and a and the porosity n are deduced. Based on the proposed method, the variation laws of the mechanical parameters of the limestones, including uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), tensile strength, deformation modulus, shear strength parameters are analyzed. The proposed method simplifies the complexity of mechanical parameters selection by quantifying GSI, avoids the subjectivity and uncertainty, and has good reliability and suitability in the pore and crevice limestone stratum, which has a certain guiding significance for the construction of similar sites.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8833370
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A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity
Advances in Civil Engineering
title A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity
title_full A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity
title_fullStr A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity
title_full_unstemmed A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity
title_short A Method for Determining the Mechanical Parameters of Solution Pore and Crevice Limestone Based on Porosity
title_sort method for determining the mechanical parameters of solution pore and crevice limestone based on porosity
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8833370
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