Cyclic and fatigue behaviour of rock materials: review, interpretation and research perspectives

B Cerfontaine, F Collin - Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 2018 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive state of the art of fatigue and cyclic
loading of natural rock materials. Papers published in the literature are classified and listed …

Effect of water on mechanical behavior and acoustic emission response of sandstone during loading process: phenomenon and mechanism

H Li, Y Qiao, R Shen, M He, T Cheng, Y Xiao… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a series of uniaxial compression experiments were carried out on sandstone
with varying water contents, and acoustic emission (AE) signals were synchronously …

Cracking processes in rock-like material containing a single flaw under uniaxial compression: a numerical study based on parallel bonded-particle model approach

XP Zhang, LNY Wong - Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 2012 - Springer
Cracking processes have been extensively studied in brittle rock and rock-like materials.
Due to the experimental limitations and the complexity of rock texture, details of the cracking …

A new method for determining the crack classification criterion in acoustic emission parameter analysis

ZH Zhang, JH Deng - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2020 - Elsevier
At a microscopic scale, the failure of brittle materials results from crack initiation, propagation
and coalescence. Acoustic emission (AE) technique, especially parameter analysis, has …

Study on mechanical properties and energy evolution of coal under liquid nitrogen freezing

L Huang, B Li, B Wang, B Wu, J Zhang - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
To investigate coal's mechanical properties and energy evolution laws under different liquid
nitrogen (LN 2) freezing conditions, uniaxial compression experiments were carried out on …

Mineral composition and grain size effects on the fracture and acoustic emission (AE) characteristics of rocks under compressive and tensile stress

K Du, Y Sun, J Zhou, M Khandelwal, F Gong - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2022 - Springer
The influence of rock mineral composition and mineral grain size on basic rock strength
performance and AE characteristics have been studied, 13 different rocks microstructures …

Application of acoustic emission monitoring and signal analysis to the qualitative and quantitative characterization of the fracturing process in rocks

P Rodríguez, TB Celestino - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
At microscopic level, natural flaws act as stress concentrators in rock, favoring brittle fracture.
Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring was applied for the qualitative and quantitative …

Thermal stress-induced microcracking in building granite

DM Freire-Lista, R Fort, MJ Varas-Muriel - Engineering geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Microcracking induced by wide fluctuations in temperature affects granite quality and
durability, making the stone more vulnerable to decay. Determining the extent of that effect is …

Frequency characteristics of acoustic emissions induced by crack propagation in rock tensile fracture

R Jiang, F Dai, Y Liu, A Li, P Feng - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2021 - Springer
Rocks are riddled with a large number of pre-existing microcracks (Ashby 1986; Yu and
Feng 1995), which have significant influences on the strength, deformation, and rupture …

Experimental study on mechanical and acoustic emission characteristics of rock-like material under non-uniformly distributed loads

X Wang, Z Wen, Y Jiang, H Huang - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2018 - Springer
The mechanical and acoustic emission characteristics of rock-like materials under non-
uniform loads were investigated by means of a self-developed mining-induced stress testing …