To explore the effect of bedding and initial confining pressure on the energy evolution characteristics of shale during the unloading process,samples were drilled with different bedding angles,unloading tests were con...To explore the effect of bedding and initial confining pressure on the energy evolution characteristics of shale during the unloading process,samples were drilled with different bedding angles,unloading tests were conducted under different initial confining pressures,and the me-chanical and energy evolution characteristics of shale during the unloading process were analyzed.The results show that the stressestrain curve of the unloading test can be divided into the linear elasticity stage,the stable crack growth stage,the accelerated crack growth stage,and the post-failure stage.Critical confining pressure can show the relative strength of the rock samples.The elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio increase with an increase in axial preset load.The elastic modulus increases with the bedding angle,and the effect of the bedding angle on the Poisson's ratio is insignificant.The energy evolution of the unloading test can be divided into three stages:energy accumulation,energy dissipation,and energy release.The larger the axial preset load,the higher the critical confining pressure,the higher the elastic modulus,and the higher the Poisson's ratio.The total energy,elastic energy,and dissipation energy all increase with the increase in the initial confining pressure,and the correlation is high.Confining pressure enhances the ability of the shale sample to store elastic energy and improves the ability of the shale sample to resist internal crack propagation.The total energy,elastic energy,and dissipated energy of the samples in the failure point decrease first and then increase with the increase in the bedding angle.The maximum value can be obtained when the bedding angle is 0°.The elastic energy and dissipated energy of shale are highly heterogeneous due to bedding,and the effects of bedding should be taken into account when exploring the law of rock deformation and failure from an energy perspective.展开更多
Longmen Mountain located at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau,representing the steepest gradient of any edges of the plateau.Three endmember models of uplift process and mechanism have been pr...Longmen Mountain located at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau,representing the steepest gradient of any edges of the plateau.Three endmember models of uplift process and mechanism have been proposed,including crustal thickening,crustal flow,and crustal isostatic rebound.Here we use coeval sedimentary sequences in the foreland basin to restraint uplift process and mechanism in the Longmen Mountain.The more than 10,000 m thick Late TriassicQuaternary strata filled in this foreland basin and can be divided into six megasequences that are distinguished as two distinct types.The first type is the wedge-shaped megasequences which are sedimentary response of strong active thrust loading events,characterized by a high rate of subsidence and sediment accumulation,coarsening-upward succession and a dual-sourced sediment supply.This type includes Late Triassic,Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous and Late Cretaceous to Paleogene megasequences.The second type is the tabular megasequences,characterized by the low rate of subsidence and sediment accumulation,finingupward succession,and a single-sourced sediment supply,which is sedimentary response of isostatic rebound and erosion unloading.This type includes the Early to Middle Jurassic,Middle Cretaceous and Neogene to Quaternary megasequences.Basing on sedimentary,active tectonic,geomorphic evidence,we infer that the direction has been reversed from SSWdirected sinistral strike-slip to NNE-directed dextral strike-slip during 40-3.6 Ma,and since 3.6 Ma,the Longmen Mountain thrust belt belong to times of isostatic rebound and erosional unloading with NNEdirected dextral strike-slip.This suggests that crustal isostatic rebound is a primary driver for uplift and topography of the present Longmen Mountain.The Wenchuan(Ms8.0) earthquake,which ruptured a large thrust fault with NNE-directed dextral strikeslip along the range front,is an active manifestation of this crustal isostatic rebound process with dextral strike-slipping and shortening.This process may be the cause for the Wenchuan Earthquake and the apparent paradox of high relief,little shortening,the relative dearth of historical seismicity in the region.展开更多
基金supported by the Provincial Geological Exploration Projects in Guizhou Province(Grant Nos.52000024P0048BH10174 M)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U1262209).
文摘To explore the effect of bedding and initial confining pressure on the energy evolution characteristics of shale during the unloading process,samples were drilled with different bedding angles,unloading tests were conducted under different initial confining pressures,and the me-chanical and energy evolution characteristics of shale during the unloading process were analyzed.The results show that the stressestrain curve of the unloading test can be divided into the linear elasticity stage,the stable crack growth stage,the accelerated crack growth stage,and the post-failure stage.Critical confining pressure can show the relative strength of the rock samples.The elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio increase with an increase in axial preset load.The elastic modulus increases with the bedding angle,and the effect of the bedding angle on the Poisson's ratio is insignificant.The energy evolution of the unloading test can be divided into three stages:energy accumulation,energy dissipation,and energy release.The larger the axial preset load,the higher the critical confining pressure,the higher the elastic modulus,and the higher the Poisson's ratio.The total energy,elastic energy,and dissipation energy all increase with the increase in the initial confining pressure,and the correlation is high.Confining pressure enhances the ability of the shale sample to store elastic energy and improves the ability of the shale sample to resist internal crack propagation.The total energy,elastic energy,and dissipated energy of the samples in the failure point decrease first and then increase with the increase in the bedding angle.The maximum value can be obtained when the bedding angle is 0°.The elastic energy and dissipated energy of shale are highly heterogeneous due to bedding,and the effects of bedding should be taken into account when exploring the law of rock deformation and failure from an energy perspective.
基金supported by the China National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 40841010,40972083,41172162)CGS Foundation (Grant No.1212011121268)Foundation from State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation (Grant No. SK-0801)
文摘Longmen Mountain located at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau,representing the steepest gradient of any edges of the plateau.Three endmember models of uplift process and mechanism have been proposed,including crustal thickening,crustal flow,and crustal isostatic rebound.Here we use coeval sedimentary sequences in the foreland basin to restraint uplift process and mechanism in the Longmen Mountain.The more than 10,000 m thick Late TriassicQuaternary strata filled in this foreland basin and can be divided into six megasequences that are distinguished as two distinct types.The first type is the wedge-shaped megasequences which are sedimentary response of strong active thrust loading events,characterized by a high rate of subsidence and sediment accumulation,coarsening-upward succession and a dual-sourced sediment supply.This type includes Late Triassic,Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous and Late Cretaceous to Paleogene megasequences.The second type is the tabular megasequences,characterized by the low rate of subsidence and sediment accumulation,finingupward succession,and a single-sourced sediment supply,which is sedimentary response of isostatic rebound and erosion unloading.This type includes the Early to Middle Jurassic,Middle Cretaceous and Neogene to Quaternary megasequences.Basing on sedimentary,active tectonic,geomorphic evidence,we infer that the direction has been reversed from SSWdirected sinistral strike-slip to NNE-directed dextral strike-slip during 40-3.6 Ma,and since 3.6 Ma,the Longmen Mountain thrust belt belong to times of isostatic rebound and erosional unloading with NNEdirected dextral strike-slip.This suggests that crustal isostatic rebound is a primary driver for uplift and topography of the present Longmen Mountain.The Wenchuan(Ms8.0) earthquake,which ruptured a large thrust fault with NNE-directed dextral strikeslip along the range front,is an active manifestation of this crustal isostatic rebound process with dextral strike-slipping and shortening.This process may be the cause for the Wenchuan Earthquake and the apparent paradox of high relief,little shortening,the relative dearth of historical seismicity in the region.
