Effects of humidity and temperature on subcritical crack growth in sandstone

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1130-1140

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

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay; Double Torsion method; Relative humidity; Sandstone; Subcritical crack growth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; CONCEPT-BASED; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; CRACK VELOCITIES; DOUBLE TORSION; DOUBLE TORSION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; KUSHIRO; LOAD RELAXATION METHODS; LONG TERM STABILITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROCK FABRICS; ROCK MASS; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TESTING METHOD; THEORY OF STRESS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CLARIFICATION; CRACKS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LOAD TESTING; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TORSION TESTING; TORSIONAL STRESS; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 79951675975     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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