Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading

Abstract Cross-fissures filled with ice are common in the rock masses of mine slopes in cold plateau regions. The mechanical response of these cracks under near-field dynamic loads, such as blasting, significantly affects slope stability. This paper conducted drop hammer tests on four ice-saturated...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tianzuo Huang, Linxin Wang, Yuan Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02397-x
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850128210461720576
author Tianzuo Huang
Linxin Wang
Yuan Chang
author_facet Tianzuo Huang
Linxin Wang
Yuan Chang
author_sort Tianzuo Huang
collection DOAJ
description Abstract Cross-fissures filled with ice are common in the rock masses of mine slopes in cold plateau regions. The mechanical response of these cracks under near-field dynamic loads, such as blasting, significantly affects slope stability. This paper conducted drop hammer tests on four ice-saturated cross-fissured sandstones with different angles, and the cracking mechanism analyzed using PFC2D numerical simulation. The results show that strain-time history curve can be divided into four stages: compaction, elastic deformation, crack propagation, and complete failure. The macroscopic failure mode of the rock samples is primarily tensile. Cracks typically extending from the loading end to the bottom of the rock sample. Horizontal cracks primarily result in shear cracks, whereas non-horizontal cracks predominantly exhibit tensile cracks. When the crack angle is 45°, the crack initiation stress is greater than 30° and 60°. The damage stress exhibits a pattern of initially decreasing and then increasing with an increase in fissure angles. These findings offer valuable insights for optimizing mine slope stability in cold plateau regions, particularly when designing measures to mitigate the effects of dynamic loads on rock masses with ice-filled fissures.
format Article
id doaj-art-ae6c39d31b2743dc8f5fa061fdf219f4
institution OA Journals
issn 2045-2322
language English
publishDate 2025-05-01
publisher Nature Portfolio
record_format Article
series Scientific Reports
spelling doaj-art-ae6c39d31b2743dc8f5fa061fdf219f42025-08-20T02:33:24ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-0115111810.1038/s41598-025-02397-xMeso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loadingTianzuo Huang0Linxin Wang1Yuan Chang2School of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology LiaoningSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology LiaoningSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology LiaoningAbstract Cross-fissures filled with ice are common in the rock masses of mine slopes in cold plateau regions. The mechanical response of these cracks under near-field dynamic loads, such as blasting, significantly affects slope stability. This paper conducted drop hammer tests on four ice-saturated cross-fissured sandstones with different angles, and the cracking mechanism analyzed using PFC2D numerical simulation. The results show that strain-time history curve can be divided into four stages: compaction, elastic deformation, crack propagation, and complete failure. The macroscopic failure mode of the rock samples is primarily tensile. Cracks typically extending from the loading end to the bottom of the rock sample. Horizontal cracks primarily result in shear cracks, whereas non-horizontal cracks predominantly exhibit tensile cracks. When the crack angle is 45°, the crack initiation stress is greater than 30° and 60°. The damage stress exhibits a pattern of initially decreasing and then increasing with an increase in fissure angles. These findings offer valuable insights for optimizing mine slope stability in cold plateau regions, particularly when designing measures to mitigate the effects of dynamic loads on rock masses with ice-filled fissures.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02397-xDrop weight impactIce-saturated cross-fissuredCrack propagationFailure modeFissure angle
spellingShingle Tianzuo Huang
Linxin Wang
Yuan Chang
Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
Scientific Reports
Drop weight impact
Ice-saturated cross-fissured
Crack propagation
Failure mode
Fissure angle
title Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
title_full Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
title_fullStr Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
title_full_unstemmed Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
title_short Meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
title_sort meso cracking mechanism of ice saturated cross fissured sandstone under dynamic loading
topic Drop weight impact
Ice-saturated cross-fissured
Crack propagation
Failure mode
Fissure angle
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02397-x
work_keys_str_mv AT tianzuohuang mesocrackingmechanismoficesaturatedcrossfissuredsandstoneunderdynamicloading
AT linxinwang mesocrackingmechanismoficesaturatedcrossfissuredsandstoneunderdynamicloading
AT yuanchang mesocrackingmechanismoficesaturatedcrossfissuredsandstoneunderdynamicloading