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Influence of faults on the geo-stress field distribution and damage evolution mechanism of fracture zones

Authors: Ziquan Chen, Zihan Zhou, Chuan He, Changwei Jiang, Bo Wang, Tiansheng Li

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 5/2023

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As the main battlefield of China’s transportation infrastructure gradually extends westward, more and more superlong deep-buried tunnels are being built in an environment where the neotectonic movements are extremely active. However, the faults formed by tectonic movements have an important disturbing effect on the distribution of geo-stress fields, but these effects have never been studied systematically. Thus, in this paper, based on the Anderson model and the Coulomb friction criterion, the disturbance influence of different factors was analyzed. These factors included the time effect, activity rate, friction coefficient, thickness, and dip angle. Meanwhile, a composite viscoelastic-plastic damage constitutive model was established to determine the evolution of damage in the fracture zone. According to the geo-stress inversion, the effect of faults on the geo-stress distribution was verified. The results showed that all types of faults exhibit geo-stress drop within the fault-affected area, among which the strike-slip fault is the maximum. With the increase of time and the fault activity rate, the geo-stress will increase slowly and continuously. In addition, with the increase of the thickness and dip angle of the fault, the geo-stress inside the fault tends to be flat. When approaching the fault plane, the σ₁ orientation of reverse and normal faults is deflected towards the normal direction of the fault plane. Moreover, the σ₁ deflection direction of the strike-slip fault is opposite its activity direction. The damage degree and range of the reverse fault are the most significant, and those of the strike-slip fault are the weakest.

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Title: Influence of faults on the geo-stress field distribution and damage evolution mechanism of fracture zones
Authors: Ziquan Chen
Zihan Zhou
Chuan He
Changwei Jiang
Bo Wang
Tiansheng Li
Publication date: 01-05-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 5/2023
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-023-03194-4

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