Asperity Degradation and Damage in the Direct Shear Test: A Hybrid FEM/DEM Approach |
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| Authors: | A Karami D Stead |
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| Institution: | (1) Golder Associates Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;(2) Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Summary This paper investigates the processes of joint surface damage and near-surface intact rock tensile failure using a hybrid
FEM/DEM code. Selected Barton and Choubey JRC profiles were simulated in direct shear tests and the surface damage mechanisms
investigated in terms of joint surface wear or tensile fracturing of intact rock along the joint plane. Shear strength and
displacement profiles for each joint profile are numerically simulated. Numerical results agree closely with published experimental
observations. Furthermore, results show that dilation along the joint is controlled dominantly by the joint surface geometry
and the applied normal stress. Significant dilation is expected to occur where there is a large asperity provided the applied
normal stress is low. In this case, joint surface damage is limited to surface wear. In contrast, when the applied normal
stress is high, dilation will be low and damage is composed of both surface wear and asperity breakage through near-joint-surface
intact rock tensile failure. Local joint dilation angles vary in proportion to the magnitude of the dilation. Several joint
profiles with different geometrical configurations were simulated within a slope and the possible modes of joint surface damage
were investigated. It was found that due to low normal stresses acting on the joint surfaces within a slope the dominant mode
of joint surface damage is by yielding and surface wear of asperities.
Authors’ address: Amir Karami, Golder Associates Ltd., 4260 Still Creek Drive, Suite 500, Burnaby, Vancouver, British Columbia,
BC V5C 6C6 Canada |
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| Keywords: | : Joints damage asperity degradation dilation FEM/DEM hybrid ELFEN |
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