On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones
Abstract
Following the ISRM Suggested Method on Failure Criteria, ‘A failure criterion for rocks based on true triaxial testing’ by Chang and Haimson (2012), we attempted to obtain experiment-based Nadai (1950) and Mogi (1971) failure criteria for the aforementioned four sandstones: TCDP (Oku et al. 2007), Coconino, Bentheim (Ma and Haimson 2016; Ma et al. 2017a), and Castlegate (Ingraham et al. 2013). Here, the current work extends beyond the scope of Chang and Haimson (2012), to compare σ1 at failure (i.e., σ1,peak) from test data with predictions based on the experimentally generated Nadai and Mogi criteria. The applicability of Nadai and Mogi criteria to porous sandstones is then evaluated and discussed, considering failure mode evolution in these rocks.
- Authors:
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- Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland). Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research (SCCER-SoE)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Geomechanics Research
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1496977
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-6035J
Journal ID: ISSN 0723-2632; 672202
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; EAR-0940323; EAR-0711346; Z015002; NA0003525
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0723-2632
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES
Citation Formats
Ma, Xiaodong, and Ingraham, Mathew D. On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1007/s00603-018-1508-z.
Ma, Xiaodong, & Ingraham, Mathew D. On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones. United States. doi:10.1007/s00603-018-1508-z.
Ma, Xiaodong, and Ingraham, Mathew D. Wed .
"On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones". United States. doi:10.1007/s00603-018-1508-z. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1496977.
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title = {On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones},
author = {Ma, Xiaodong and Ingraham, Mathew D.},
abstractNote = {Following the ISRM Suggested Method on Failure Criteria, ‘A failure criterion for rocks based on true triaxial testing’ by Chang and Haimson (2012), we attempted to obtain experiment-based Nadai (1950) and Mogi (1971) failure criteria for the aforementioned four sandstones: TCDP (Oku et al. 2007), Coconino, Bentheim (Ma and Haimson 2016; Ma et al. 2017a), and Castlegate (Ingraham et al. 2013). Here, the current work extends beyond the scope of Chang and Haimson (2012), to compare σ1 at failure (i.e., σ1,peak) from test data with predictions based on the experimentally generated Nadai and Mogi criteria. The applicability of Nadai and Mogi criteria to porous sandstones is then evaluated and discussed, considering failure mode evolution in these rocks.},
doi = {10.1007/s00603-018-1508-z},
journal = {Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering},
number = 12,
volume = 51,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {9}
}
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