Effects of relative humidity and temperature on subcritical crack growth in igneous rock

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 640-646

  Nara, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Hiroyoshi, Naoki ^a   Yoneda, Tetsuro ^a   Kaneko, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andesite; Double torsion technique; Granite; Relative humidity; Subcritical crack growth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK TIPS; GRANITE; TORSIONAL STRESS; VELOCITY;

ANDESITE; CRACK VELOCITIES; DOUBLE-TORSION TECHNIQUE; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MOIST AIR; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; STRESS-INTENSITY FACTORS; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH; TEMPERATURE CRACK;

TEMPERATURE;

ANDESITE; CONDENSATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCK; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TORSION;

EID: 77952957762     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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