Flaw propagation and buckling in clay-bearing sandstones

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1565-1572

  Wangler, Timothy P ^a,b   Stratulat, Alisa ^c   Duffus, Philippa ^c   Prévost, Jean H ^d   Scherer, George W ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Clay; Crack growth; Cultural heritage; Finite element analysis; Stress; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BINDING PHASE; BUCKLING THEORY; CRITICAL SIZE; CULTURAL HERITAGES; DIFFERENTIAL STRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FLAW SIZES; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; STRESS INTENSITY; SWELLING CLAY; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES;

ASPECT RATIO; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

BUCKLING;

BEARING CAPACITY; BUCKLING; CLAYSTONE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; INCLUSION; SANDSTONE; STRESS RESISTANCE; SWELLING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 79960258103     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0732-y     Document Type: Article

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