In construction engineering, rock is an important building material. During the construction process, layered rock masses are typically subjected to varying dynamic load disturbances under triaxial loads. It is thus essential to investigate the mechanical response of layered rocks under various disturbances of the triaxial loads. By using a three-dimensional SHPB, triaxial dynamic compression tests with various impact dynamic load disturbances and identical triaxial static loads were carried out on sandstones with differing bedding angles. The impact pressures were 0.8, 1.2, and 1.6 MPa, and the bedding angles were 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 90°. The results showed that the ductility of the sandstone considerably increased under triaxial static loading. With the increasing bedding angle, the sandstone’s dynamic strength and coupling strength first declined and subsequently rose. As the impact pressure increased, the reflective energy ratio, peak strain, and dynamic growth factor of the sandstone essentially rose progressively. The bedding angles and dynamic loads had a major impact on the damage pattern of the layered sandstones. Additionally, a constitutive model considering bedding angle, dynamic load, and static load was established and verified. The constitutive model was able to accurately characterize the dynamic behavior of the rock under load disturbances.

Previously conducted studies have established the conversion relationship between incident energy, reflected energy, transmitted energy and absorbed energy of rocks under dynamic load. In this paper, the combined dynamic and static loading tests of sandstone under different prestress and different bedding angles are carried out to explore the law of the influence of prestress and bedding angles on energy evolution and damage evolution. The purpose is to provide some reference for deep mining, rock engineering design and geological hazard assessment. The energy conversion and damage characteristics of sandstone in the whole process of deformation are studied, and the internal energy conversion mechanism of sandstone under dynamic load is proposed. It is found that the increase in prestress will lead to the increase in the initial energy value of sandstone and further affect the shape of the energy evolution curve. In addition, the relationship between strain and energy transformation is established, and it is found that the energy transformation in different stages is different. At the same time, the relationship between prestress and damage characteristics and bedding angle and damage characteristics is established, and it is found that bedding angle and prestress significantly affect the damage characteristics.