《Effects of loadingeunloading and wettingedrying cycles on geomechanical behaviors of mudrocks in the Colombian Andes》.pdfVIP

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 6 (2014) 257 e268 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering journal homepage: Full length article Effects of loadingeunloading and wettingedrying cycles on geomechanical behaviors of mudrocks in the Colombian Andes Mario Camilo Torres-Suarez a, *, Adolfo Alarcon-Guzman a, Rafael Berdugo-De Moya b a National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia b North University, Barranquilla, Colombia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The mudrocks in the Colombian Andes, particularly those exhibiting low cementation (bonding), are Received 28 February 2014 susceptible to degradation when the environmental conditions change, which are challenging issues for Received in revised form engineering works. In this paper, the changes in physico-mechanical properties of mudrocks were moni- 5 March 2014 tored in laboratory, and some influential factors on the mechanical competence of geomaterials were Accepted 10 March 2014 studied. The geotechnical characteristics and experimental designs were developed from physical, chem- Available online 16 May 2014 ical, mechanical and compositional points of view. In the tests, the techniques such as vapor equilibrium technique (VET) were employed to apply wettingedryin