Research Article

Experimental Study on Energy Evolution and Storage Performances of Rock Material under Uniaxial Cyclic Compression

Table 2

Testing parameters at the unloading point.

Specimen no.Unloading stepUnloading stress (MPa)Unloading stress level i (mJ·mm−3) (mJ·mm−3) (mJ·mm−3)
Approach 1Approach 2Approach 1Approach 2

GS-11st8.880.100.00810.00810.00430.00380.0038
2nd28.460.320.04470.04730.02650.01820.0208
3rd47.540.530.08630.09920.06210.02420.0371
4th66.950.740.14820.16950.11190.03630.0576
5th86.080.960.23390.26820.17600.05790.0922

GS-21st9.140.090.00780.00780.00410.00370.0037
2nd28.390.280.04180.04450.02700.01480.0175
3rd47.710.460.08440.09480.06230.02210.0325
4th67.220.650.14280.16080.11000.03280.0508
5th86.610.840.21820.24590.17090.04730.0750

GS-31st9.530.090.01000.01000.00480.00520.0052
2nd30.100.300.04840.05190.03090.01750.0210
3rd50.740.500.09720.10830.07160.02560.0367
4th71.210.710.16140.18070.12480.03660.0559
5th91.640.910.24760.27790.19380.05380.0841

YG-11st20.040.100.01290.01290.00880.00410.0041
2nd61.630.290.06240.06600.05330.00910.0127
3rd103.300.490.14660.15540.13020.01640.0252
4th144.720.690.26650.28120.24030.02620.0409
5th186.100.890.42580.44830.38370.04210.0646

YG-21st20.050.090.01230.01230.00910.00320.0032
2nd61.630.280.05910.06180.05150.00760.0103
3rd102.920.470.13860.14510.12410.01450.0210
4th144.540.650.25240.26370.22810.02430.0356
5th185.840.840.40610.42400.36500.04110.0590

YG-31st20.250.100.01210.01210.00880.00330.0033
2nd61.690.290.06210.06470.05450.00760.0102
3rd102.920.480.14550.15180.13190.01360.0199
4th144.520.680.26730.27770.24350.02380.0342
5th185.880.870.42840.44500.38890.03950.0561

, , and are the total input energy density, elastic energy density, and dissipated energy density of rock specimen under different unloading stress levels i.