A permafrost test on intact gneiss rock
Changes in permafrost conditions in high mountain rocks have increased the risk of Dangerous instabilities. Ice segregation within the rock mass has been interpreted as one of the mechanisms involved in high mountain bedrock degradation. A long term laboratory test on a cube of intact gneiss has bee...
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ftpoltorinoiris:oai:iris.polito.it:11583/2608162 2024-04-14T08:12:54+00:00 A permafrost test on intact gneiss rock Duca S. Alonso E. E. SCAVIA, Claudio Duca, S. Alonso, E. E. Scavia, Claudio 2015 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2608162 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2015.02.003 eng eng ELSEVIER info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000356061300016 volume:77 firstpage:142 lastpage:151 numberofpages:10 journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2608162 doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2015.02.003 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84929452703 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Ice segregation Gnei Laboratory test THM modeling Fracturing Wave propagation info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftpoltorinoiris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2015.02.003 2024-03-21T16:16:35Z Changes in permafrost conditions in high mountain rocks have increased the risk of Dangerous instabilities. Ice segregation within the rock mass has been interpreted as one of the mechanisms involved in high mountain bedrock degradation. A long term laboratory test on a cube of intact gneiss has been designed to reproduce field temperature gradients and water supply conditions. Test results demonstrate that ice crystallization in a permafrost fringe (T=0°C to -3°C) leads to the formation of continuous ice-filled cracks which explain the loss of rock continuity and the observed rock failures. A coupled thermo-hydro-echanical model which incorporates the thermodynamics of ice-water mixtures has been used to reproduce test results. The model, which follows existing formulations for unsaturated porous media, was capable of capturing the main observations derived from the experiment. Calculated tensile stresses are close to the gneiss tensile strength. The analysis performed is a step forward in understanding field observations and in the application of computational tools to real cases. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost PORTO@iris (Publications Open Repository TOrino - Politecnico di Torino) International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 77 142 151 |
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Changes in permafrost conditions in high mountain rocks have increased the risk of Dangerous instabilities. Ice segregation within the rock mass has been interpreted as one of the mechanisms involved in high mountain bedrock degradation. A long term laboratory test on a cube of intact gneiss has been designed to reproduce field temperature gradients and water supply conditions. Test results demonstrate that ice crystallization in a permafrost fringe (T=0°C to -3°C) leads to the formation of continuous ice-filled cracks which explain the loss of rock continuity and the observed rock failures. A coupled thermo-hydro-echanical model which incorporates the thermodynamics of ice-water mixtures has been used to reproduce test results. The model, which follows existing formulations for unsaturated porous media, was capable of capturing the main observations derived from the experiment. Calculated tensile stresses are close to the gneiss tensile strength. The analysis performed is a step forward in understanding field observations and in the application of computational tools to real cases. |
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