Measurement of damage localisation in rocks using ultrasonic velocity measurements / tomography

Stephen Alexander Hall, Elli-Maria Christodoulos Charalampidou, Tuong-Lam Nguyen, Erika Tudisco, Giaocchino Viggiani, Philippe Roux, Sergei Stanchits, Pierre Vacher, Margaret Helen Lewis

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    Abstract

    In this paper we present two examples of the use of ultrasonic measurements for the assessment of damage localisation in rocks deformed under laboratory conditions: (1) using multiple point-to-point velocity measurements during a loading experiment on a soft rock with simultaneous full-field strain measurement, which permits a link to be made between velocity changes and deformation; (2) using ultrasonic tomography to obtain full-field measures of velocity in specimens of a Vosges sandstone with localised shear-band features, in which the strain localisation is found to be coincident with localised damage (velocity reduction).
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationXXIII International conference on theoretical and applied mechanics (ICTAM)
    Number of pages2
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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