Constitutive model of rock triaxial damage based on the rock strength statistics

Firstly, an X-ray diffraction test is carried out to investigate brittle rock specimens’ composition, and a triaxial compression test is conducted to study the deformation behaviors and mechanical properties. Then, assuming that the rock material is able to be divided into the elastic part satisfying the Hooke’s law and the damage part where rock strength follows lognormal distribution, this paper determines a damage variable and establishes a damage constitutive model which effectively reflects the residual strength in the process of rock failure. Meanwhile, testing data are used to validate the reliability of the proposed model in this paper and the dependence of statistic parameters on the confining pressure. Finally, impacts caused by statistic parameters variation on compression strength are analyzed comprehensively, and we also conduct a comparison between this proposed model and other models from other literatures, thereby showing the reliability and rationality of this proposed model. In addition, the research outcomes presented in this paper also can effectively offer significant reference for the development of rock mechanics and rock engineering.