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The present study experimentally investigated variations in the mechanical behaviours of natural rough rock joints during shearing under cyclic loading and constant normal stiffness conditions, using a servo-controlled shear testing apparatus. The influences of initial normal stress (σn0), normal stiffness (kn) and shear velocity (v) on the shear behaviours are estimated and analysed. The results show that the shear stress (τ), normal stress (σn) and normal displacement (δv) for both unfilled and infilled rock joints decrease with the increase in the number of cycles (N), especially in the N range of 1–2. This is because some asperities on the joint surface are sheared during the first shear process, and the subsequent shear tests for N > 2 were subjected to the frictional process. The σn0 and kn both contribute significantly to the variations in the shear behaviour of rock joints. For unfilled rock joints, increasing σn0 from 2 to 4 MPa increases the shear stress and normal stress by 128.5% and 106.5%, respectively, when shear displacement (δh) = 2 mm and N = 1. Increasing kn from 3 to 5 GPa/m enhances the shear stress and normal stress by 19.4% and 10.4%, respectively, when δh = 2 mm and N = 1. For infilled rock joints, the shear stress and normal stress increase with increasing σn0 when N < 5, and decrease first and then increase with increasing kn. The shear stress, normal stress and normal displacement for infilled rock joints increase with increasing v, especially in the v range of 1–2 mm/min. Finally, six empirical models are proposed to evaluate the shear stress, normal stress and normal displacement of the unfilled and infilled rock joints under cyclic loading and CNS conditions. These models take into account parameters such as σn0, kn, v, δh and N, and the experimental results agree well with the fitting results with the correlation coefficient R2 > 0.78. Using the proposed models, the fillings decrease the τ and σn by approximately 24.96–65.52% and 9.38–57.95%, respectively, while increasing the normal displacement (δv) by 0.5 mm on average during the entire shear process.
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This study is partially funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 51734009 and 51709260), and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant no. BK20170276).
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Han, G., Jing, H., Jiang, Y. et al. Effect of Cyclic Loading on the Shear Behaviours of Both Unfilled and Infilled Rough Rock Joints Under Constant Normal Stiffness Conditions. Rock Mech Rock Eng 53, 31–57 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01866-w
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