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- Title
Experimental Relationship Between Compressional Wave Attenuation and Surface Strains in Brittle Rock.
- Authors
Shirole, Deepanshu; Hedayat, Ahmadreza; Walton, Gabriel
- Abstract
Linear ultrasonic testing (LUT) has been extensively used as a tool for the evaluation of damage processes in various materials ranging from synthetic metals to natural geomaterials, such as rocks. A key limitation of LUT‐based damage studies to date is the lack of explicit evidence used in associating material damage with the changes in measured LUT attributes (e.g., ultrasonic wave amplitude and velocity). In this study, the evolution of the full‐field strains in brittle rock specimens (Lyons sandstone) subjected to failure are analyzed in real time and linked with the changes in the ultrasonic wave amplitude in localized areas illuminated by ultrasonic beams, termed as the ultrasonic image areas. The noncontact optical full‐field displacement measurement method of 2‐D digital image correlation is implemented in combination with the LUT procedure to continuously track changes in the ultrasonic wave amplitude with the evolution of strains across the surface of the uniaxially loaded intact rock specimens. The ultrasonic amplitude showed near‐linear correlation with the intensity of inelastic tensile strain recorded in the rock specimens. The results from the study corroborate that the ultrasonic changes are in fact influenced by the regions of tensile cracking, which is the primary inelastic deformation mechanism in brittle rocks. Key Points: Compressional ultrasonic wave attenuation was explicitly correlated with the stress‐induced extensile microcracks in brittle rock specimensThe intensity of extension was analyzed in the UIA by the total and nonelastic apparent tensile strain based on the critical strain limitUltrasonic amplitude showed consistent near‐linear correlation with nonelastic apparent strains above the crack initiation threshold
- Subjects
ULTRASONIC wave attenuation; ROCK properties; BRITTLENESS; ROCK analysis; GEOPHYSICS research; EARTH sciences
- Publication
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 2019, Vol 124, Issue 6, p5770
- ISSN
2169-9313
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2018JB017086