Mechanical behaviour of granular materials used in analogue modelling: insights from grain characterisation, ring-shear tests and analogue experiments

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1710-1724

  Panien, Marion ^a   Schreurs, Guido ^a   Pfiffner, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Granular materials

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ROCKS; GRAIN CHARACTERISATION; RING-SHEAR TESTS; SHEAR ZONES; STRAIN SOFTENING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; STRAIN HARDENING;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ANALOG MODEL; DEFORMATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR TEST; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 33748462562     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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