Experimental study on the shear characteristics and weakening mechanism of water-bearing rock joints

To study the weakening mechanism of the shear characteristics of water-bearing rock joints, four types of artificial saw-tooth joints (including tooth inclination angles of 0°, 15°, 30° and 45°) were prepared in sandstone with four moisture content (0%, 1.55%, 3.1% and 4.65%). This work adopted the non-destructive water intrusion, X-ray diffraction (XRD), acoustic emission (AE) and direct shear tests to mainly investigate the water and...