Acoustic emission and microslip precursors to stick-slip failure in sheared granular material

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5627-5631

  Johnson, P A ^a   Ferdowsi, B ^b,c   Kaproth, B M ^d   Scuderi, M ^d   Griffa, M ^c   Carmeliet, J ^b,c   Guyer, R A ^a   Le Bas, P Y ^a   Trugman, D T ^a   Marone, C ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic emission; precursors; sheared granular media; stick slip

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSORS; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; GRANULAR MEDIA; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PRECURSORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHEARING RATES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); GRANULAR MATERIALS; SLIP FORMING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

STICK-SLIP;

EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRICTION; SLIP RATE;

EID: 84887040718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057848     Document Type: Article

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