Question: Thick - walled cylinder ( TWC ) tests ( as shown in the figure below ) is a commonly used experimental technique for determining the

Thick-walled cylinder (TWC) tests (as shown in the figure below) is a commonly used experimental technique for determining the mechanical property of rocks under triaxial loading condition in oil industry. For example, in a TWC test on granite samples, two samples are prepared to have a diameter of 50 mm , height of 100 mm , with a coaxial cylindrical hole of diameter of 20 mm . During the test, a uniform confining pressure is provided by hydraulic oil, which is gradually increased to a prescribed value of 10 MPa for sample 1 and 20 MPa for sample 2, respectively, and maintained at the prescribed values. Then the axial stress is applied, which is gradually increased until the samples break. The measured failure axial stress is 220 MPa for sample 1, and 280 MPa for sample 2, respectively.
Sample 1 and 2 are made of the same granite material with Young's Modulus of 50GPa and Poisson's ratio of 0.25.
find the axial, radial, and tangential stress and strain distribution (as a function of r , where r= distance to the center) in this thick wall cylinder test at failure pressure for each sample.
assume that the failure could be predicted using Mohr-Coulomb criterion, derive the MohrCoulomb properties: cohesion c, and angle of internal friction .
Discuss further (by applying a parametric study) the influence of the confining pressure on the failure stress of the thick wall cylinder.
Thick - walled cylinder ( TWC ) tests ( as shown

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