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High-temperature SCR catalyst of La2O3-CeO2/TiO2 was prepared by an impregnation method. The effect of CeO2 and La2O3 content on the NO conversion was studied and the experiment result showed that...

The ageing disintegration, the damage, and failure mechanism of water-saturated soft rock are of significance to hazard prevention for deep mining. In this paper, indoor experiments, including disintegration behaviour tests in water, uniaxial compression failure tests of rock samples with different water contents, and variations in the microstructure of mudstone under saturated water contents, were conducted. The investigation results show that the saturated water content of mudstone is 16.96% and that the rock mass bursts completely after being immersed in water for 72 h. With increasing water content, the uniaxial strength and elastic modulus at the prepeak stage present significant attenuation. However, Poisson’s ratio varies little, which indicates that the swelling of cemented mudstone is not obvious when meeting water. In addition, the failure pattern of mudstone changes from overall splitting failure to block fragmentation failure. Due to ion-exchange adsorption and the wedging action of water molecules, the edge of contact between particles changes from staggered to smooth, which leads to the expansion of pores, the loosening of mudstone structures, and a decrease in mechanical strength. Therefore, the diffusion, migration, and particle expansion of illite and other clay minerals in mudstone are the main factors leading to the structural damage and strength reduction of weakly cemented rock under water-rock interactions.

In order to understand the mechanical properties and energy dissipation law of frozen sandstone under impact loading, the cretaceous water-rich red sandstone was selected as the research object to conduct impact tests at different freezing temperatures (0°C, −10°C, −20°C, and −30°C). The test results suggested the following: (1) the peak stress and peak strain of frozen sandstone are positively correlated with strain rate and freezing temperature, and the strain rate strengthening effect and the low-temperature hardening effect are obvious. (2) The strain rate sensitivity of dynamic stress increase factor (DIF) is negatively correlated with temperature. Water-ice phase change and the difference in the cold shrinkage rate of rock matrix under strong impact loading will degrade the performance of rock together, so DIF is less than 1. (3) In the negative temperature range from −10°C to −30°C, DEIF is always greater than 1. The energy dissipation rate of red sandstone specimens fluctuated between 10% and 25% under the impact loading, and the data are discrete, showing obvious strain rate independence. The failure form changes from tensile failure to shear and particle crushing failure. (4) Combined with the micromechanism analysis, the difference in dynamic mechanical properties of red sandstone at different temperatures is caused by the water-ice phase change and the different cold shrinkage rates of the frozen rock medium. When the temperature drops from 0°C to −2°C, water migrates to the free space of the pore of frozen rock and freezes into ice crystal, resulting in frozen shrinkage. At −30°C, the expansion of ice dominates and the migration of water will stop, leading to frost heave.

To obtain the dynamic mechanical properties of frozen sandstone at different temperatures (i.e., 20°C, −10°C, −20°C, and −30°C), dynamic uniaxial compression tests of saturated sandstone are conducted using a split-Hopkinson pressure bar. The experimental results demonstrated that the brittleness of the saturated sandstone increased and its plasticity weakened with a decrease in temperature. The peak strength and dynamic elastic modulus of the sandstone were positively correlated with its strain rate. The peak stress was most sensitive to the strain rate at −10°C, and the elastic modulus was most sensitive to the strain rate at −30°C. According to the evident segmentation characteristics of the obtained stress-strain curve, a viscoelastic dynamic constitutive model considering the strain rate effect and temperature effect is developed; this model combines a nonlinear (or linear) body and a Maxwell body in parallel with a damage body. The applicability of the constitutive model is also verified using experimental data. The fitting results were demonstrated to be in good agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore, the fitting results serve as reference for the study of the constitutive model of weakly cemented soft rock and the construction of roadway freezing methods.

Fractured sandstone is widely distributed in mining areas throughout western China where the artificial freezing method is extensively adopted to construct vertical shafts. Blasting and excavation generate stress waves and break frozen fractured sandstone. Among the failure modes of frozen fractured rocks, tensile failure is very common. In this study, the dynamic tensile strength of fractured sandstone samples with four crack inclination angles (0°, 30°, 60°, and 90°) is tested by using a split Hopkinson pressure bar at four subzero temperatures (−5, −10, −15, and −20°C). Accordingly, a damage constitutive relationship that considers the effect of fissure angle and freezing temperature is established. The results show the following: (1) the fissure angle does not significantly affect the dynamic tensile strength of frozen fractured sandstone but mainly affects the failure mode of the sample. (2) The dynamic tensile strength of fractured sandstone has a negative linear correlation with the freezing temperature. (3) When the fissure angle is small, only tensile cracking occurs; when the fissure angle is large, tensile cracking occurs along both the loading direction and the fissure; and shear cracking occurs along the fissure as well. (4) Regardless of the fissure angle, tensile cracking is initiated at the stress-concentration zone and then propagates towards the loading end. Fissure ice provides both resistance to deformation and resistance to crack propagation which affects the crack propagation and coalescence mode. A dynamic constitutive relationship is established by considering the effects of fissure angle and freezing temperature on the dynamic properties of frozen fractured sandstone, which is proven to be highly reliable and provides a reference and basis to study the dynamic mechanical properties of similar rock types.

To obtain the impact mechanical response and establish the dynamic damage constitutive relationship of frozen sandstone at low temperature conditions, the impact test of Cretaceous red sandstone under different temperatures was conducted using a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device. According to the characteristics of the stress-strain curves obtained by the test, a constitutive model considering the damage effect, temperature effect, and strain rate effect was established, which was improved by Zhu–Wang–Tang (Z–W–T) constitutive model. It was proved that the fitting curves of constitutive equation were in good agreement with the test curves. The fluctuation amplitude of fitting error was controlled within ±4 MPa. The physical meaning of each parameter of the constitutive model is clear, and most of them are fixed values. The selection range of variable parameters and the related change rules are confirmed, which improves the practicability of constitutive model. The constitutive equation can well describe the nonlinear features of this kind of frozen sandstone under impact loading. It was also found that the constitutive equation was applicable to express the dynamic mechanical properties of rock-like materials such as hard rock, soft rock, frozen soil, raw coal, and concrete. It can be referred to the parameter determination method in this paper to study and determine the parameters, reduce the difficulty of parameter selection, and improve the practicability of the constitutive model and parameters, so as to guide the engineering practice better.