Source distribution of acoustic emissions during an in-situ direct shear test: Implications for an analog model of seismogenic faulting in an inhomogeneous rock mass

Engineering Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 66-76

  Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kanagawa, Tadashi ^b   Kanaori, Yuji ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nittoc Construction Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Asperity; Earthquake; Fracture; Inhomogeneity; Rock

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODELS; ASPERITY; ASPERITY MODEL; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; GRABEN STRUCTURES; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; IN-SITU; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEITY; INLAND EARTHQUAKES; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; OCEANIC PLATE; ROCK ENGINEERING; ROCK FRACTURING; ROCK MASS; SHEAR PLANE; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; STRESS CONDITION; STRONG GROUND MOTION; UNDERGROUND POWERHOUSE;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MINING; MONITORING; ROCKS; SLATE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TESTING; UNDERGROUND POWER PLANTS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; ASPERITY; FRACTURE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR TEST; SLATE;

EID: 72649090158     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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