Experimental and constitutive model study on the mechanical properties of a structural plane of a rock mass under...

An accurate description of the mechanical properties and deformation characteristics of a structural plane of a rock mass with a large chamber or slope under the ultimate stress with periodic stress disturbances is of great significance to ensure the stability and safety of underground rock engineering. By theoretically analysing the strength effect of a structural plane of a rock mass under dynamic disturbance, a criterion for the occurrence of shear damage on a structural plane of a compressed rock mass under dynamic disturbance is proposed. The results of the cyclic disturbance kinetic test show that there is a disturbance threshold for the shear failure of the structural plane under different disturbance stresses. When the disturbance stress is lower than the disturbance threshold, the cumulative plastic strain stabilizes with an increasing number of cycles; when the disturbance stress is higher than the disturbance threshold, an S-shaped curve of cumulative plastic strain versus the number of cycles is observed, revealing the progressive damage process and mechanism of such a rock structure plane under periodic dynamic disturbance. Based on perturbation concept theory, the relationship between the accumulated plastic strain and the number of cyclic loadings is similar to the relationship between strain and time, the creep curve. A new nonlinear viscous element is proposed, and the nonlinear element and the deformation element considering structural plane closure and sliding are combined with the Burgers model to form an 8-element nonlinear viscoelastic‒plastic creep constitutive model. Using the global optimization algorithm of 1stOpt, model validation and parameter identification are performed on the experimental data, and the results show that the model curve has a very good agreement with the experimental data. The model can accurately reflect the deformation characteristics of a structural plane of a rock mass under periodic dynamic disturbance. These research results provide a new idea for analysing disturbance-induced geohazards.