Abstract

Authors have proposed constitutive equations for rock based on the theory of non-linear visco-elasticity. The constitutive equations are grouped into two types: compliance or irrecoverable-strain monotonically increases with stress. In earlier studies, it was reported that both types of constitutive equations are applicable at least to the post-failure region.In this study, applicability of the constitutive equations to the pre-failure region was examined. At first, parameters were estimated from the results of unloading-reloading and alternating loading-rate tests under uniaxial compression. The calculated results with the estimated parameters were compared with the experimental results under various loading conditions.If a constitutive equation was properly selected, the equation well simulated the various time-dependent behaviors in the pre-failure region: loading-rate dependency of Young's modulus, creep and generalized relaxation where a set of parameter values was used in not only pre-failure but also post-failure region.

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