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Experimental investigation on physical and mechanical properties of thermal cycling granite by water cooling

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Laboratory tests were conducted to study the physical and mechanical properties of granite after heating and water-cooling treatment for 1 and 30 cycles from room temperature to 500 °C. The change mechanisms for the water-cooling treatment were analysed via scanning electron microscope observation. At 500 °C, the volume of granite increases by 1.73% and 2.55%, the mass decreases by 0.16% and 0.31%, and the density decreases by 1.86% and 2.78% after 1 and 30 thermal cycles, respectively. The average values of UCS and E after 1 and 30 cycles both decrease as the temperature rises, while the peak strain exhibits the reverse trend. A yield platform is observed in the yield stage of the stress–strain curve above 300 °C, and the ductility of granite gradually increases with temperature. The normalized P-wave is linear with respect to the normalized UCS and E at 1 thermal cycle, whereas it shows exponential relationships with the normalized UCS and E at 30 thermal cycles. The degradation of the physical and mechanical properties of granite after 1 and 30 cycles is mainly caused by the generation and development of microcracks inside the rock. Compared to 1 thermal cycle, more microcracks are observed at 30 thermal cycles. Therefore, the thermal cyclic treatment can further deteriorate and weaken the physical and mechanical properties of granite.

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This work is jointly supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41602374 and 41674180) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities-Cradle Plan for 2017 (Grant No. CUGL170207).

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Zhu, Z., Tian, H., Mei, G. et al. Experimental investigation on physical and mechanical properties of thermal cycling granite by water cooling. Acta Geotech. 15, 1881–1893 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-019-00898-4

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