Research Article
Triaxial Creep Behavior of Red Sandstone in Freeze-Thaw Environments
Table 2
Results of the conventional triaxial compression tests of red sandstone after freezing-thawing.
| Freeze-thaw cycles | Specimen number | Confining pressure (MPa) | Dry density (g/cm3) | P wave velocity (m/s) | Uniaxial compressive strength (MPa) | Elastic modulus (GPa) |
| 0 | 24-13 | 0 | 2.23 | 1169 | 7.25 | 1.09 | 24-49 | 2 | 2.23 | 1174 | 20.67 | 2.41 | 24-38 | 4 | 2.23 | 1191 | 27.53 | 3.24 | 24-5 | 6 | 2.23 | 1197 | 31.61 | 4.27 |
| 1 | 24-51 | 0 | 2.23 | 1137 | 6.07 | 0.80 | 24-47 | 2 | 2.23 | 1238 | 19.13 | 2.27 | 24-15 | 4 | 2.24 | 1220 | 25.82 | 3.15 | 24-18 | 6 | 2.23 | 1280 | 29.97 | 3.66 |
| 5 | 25-8 | 0 | 2.23 | 1280 | 5.03 | 0.71 | 24-14 | 2 | 2.24 | 1291 | 17.79 | 1.90 | 25-1 | 4 | 2.24 | 1274 | 24.23 | 2.06 | 25-7 | 6 | 2.24 | 1281 | 28.35 | 2.31 |
| 9 | 25-13 | 0 | 2.24 | 1258 | 4.52 | 0.61 | 25-9 | 2 | 2.24 | 1273 | 16.86 | 1.65 | 25-14 | 4 | 2.24 | 1271 | 23.19 | 1.76 | 25-11 | 6 | 2.24 | 1249 | 27.79 | 2.04 |
| 13 | 25-12 | 0 | 2.25 | 1289 | 4.32 | 0.60 | 25-3 | 2 | 2.25 | 1293 | 16.51 | 1.44 | 25-2 | 4 | 2.25 | 1317 | 22.68 | 1.65 | 25-10 | 6 | 2.25 | 1302 | 27.47 | 1.85 |
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