Brittle-to-ductile transition in Beaucaire marl from triaxial tests under the CT-scanner

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-671

  Raynaud, Suzanne ^a   Ngan Tillard, Dominique ^b   Desrues, Jacques ^c   Mazerolle, Frédéric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Brittle; Cracks; Microstructure; Shear bands; Tomography; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEAR BANDS;

CONFINING PRESSURE; MARL; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARL; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR BAND; TOMOGRAPHY; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 41549136840     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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