Failure behavior of single sand grains: Theory versus experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Brzesowsky, R H ^a,b   Spiers, C J ^a   Peach, C J ^a   Hangx, S J T ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPACTION; DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SAND; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 79959624357     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008120     Document Type: Article

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