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Mechanical Characterization of Heterogeneous Polycrystalline Rocks Using Nanoindentation Method in Combination with Generalized Means Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2020

M.R. Ayatollahi ,
M. Zare Najafabadi ,
S. S. R. Koloor Open the ORCID record for S. S. R. Koloor [Opens in a new window]  and
Michal Petrů
M.R. Ayatollahi
Affiliation:
Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
M. Zare Najafabadi
Affiliation:
Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
S. S. R. Koloor*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
Michal Petrů
Affiliation:
Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
*
*Corresponding author (s.s.r.koloor@gmail.com)
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Abstract

The mechanical characterization of rocks is important in engineering design and analysis of rock-related structures. In the current researches, rocks are classified as heterogeneous materials with anisotropic behavior, and advanced methods such as combined experimental-numerical approach are developed to characterize the behavior of rocks. In this study, the nanoindentation experiment in conjunction with the generalized means method is used to determine the Young’s modulus and hardness of eight different polycrystalline granite rocks. In the first step, the Young’s modulus and hardness of granites’ constituents are determined through nanoindentation tests on pure granite minerals. Then, the properties of granites are determined using generalized means method by considering the mechanical properties of minerals, their volume fractions and an empirical constant called the microstructural coefficient. Accurate results with less than 3% error are obtained for 62.5% of the granite samples. The generalized means is introduced as a simple and effective method to characterize the mechanical properties of heterogeneous polycrystalline rocks.

Keywords

NanoindentationGeneralized means methodHeterogeneous polycrystalline materialsGranite rocks
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Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 813 - 823
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Copyright © 2020 The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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