Shear Mechanical Properties of Bolt-Grout Interface under Different Bolt Surface Profiles

Abstract

The shear behavior of the Bolt-Grout interface has a significant effect on the stability of a bolting system. In this paper, a series of shear tests were conducted on Bolt-Grout interfaces, and the effects of rib spacing, rib angles, and normal stress on the shear characteristics and failure modes of the Bolt-Grout interface were investigated. The results showed that the shear strength varied nonlinearly with an increase in rib spacing and angle, and also that it increased linearly with an increase in normal stress. With smaller rib spacings, the effect of rib spacing on peak shear strength was more apparent. The failure modes of the interface can be categorized as shear-slip failure, shear-break failure, and composite failure. The proportion of shear-slip failure and shear-break failure mainly depends on the rib spacing, rib face angle and normal stress.

Keywords

• Bolt-Grout interface
• direct shear
• mechanical properties
• rib angle
• rib spacing