2011, 37(5): 556-559,578.
Abstract:
Graphite-cement specimens were made by adding water reducing agent in cement, and the specimens- piezoresistivity in a destructive overload experiment was mensurated by a series connected AC circuit. The results present that, if a small amount of graphite was mixed in, the cement material-s uniaxial compressive strength will decrease, at the same time the material-s piezoresistence coefficient will ascend. As the amount of graphite was increased within a small range, the deviation of specimens- relative resistivity decreases, and the piezoresistivity of the material increases. Furthermore, the resistivity of the specimens becomes stable while being loaded. By examining the piezoresistivity curves of the graphite-cement material, similar shape with the stress-strain curves can be got in these experiments. There are three stages while the material-s relative resistivity is changing along with the increase of stress imposed on it which are undulate stage, slowly descend stage and rapidly descend stage. These stages are accordant to the three stages of the failure of cement based material, which are elastic stage, elastic-plastic stage and failure stage.