Influence of relative humidity on fracture toughness of rock: Implications for subcritical crack growth

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2471-2481

  Nara, Yoshitaka ^a   Morimoto, Kazuya ^b   Hiroyoshi, Naoki ^c   Yoneda, Tetsuro ^c   Kaneko, Katsuhiko ^c   Benson, Philip M ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clay; Double Torsion method; Fracture toughness; Relative humidity; Subcritical crack growth

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; CONCOMITANT DECREASE; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE; DOUBLE TORSION; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; GEOMATERIALS; MOISTURE LEVEL; PRESENCE OF WATER; ROCK ENGINEERING; ROCK TYPES; SMECTITES; STRESS CORROSION; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; DEGRADATION; ROCKS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84863984246     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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