Determination of the elastic modulus set of foliated rocks from ultrasonic velocity measurements

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• 作者：Song ; Insun ; Suh ; Mancheol ; Woo ; Yong-Kyun ; Hao ; Tianyao
• 关键词：Elastic wave velocity ; Dynamic modulus ; Transversely isotropy ; Foliated rock
• 刊名：Engineering Geology
• 出版年：2004
• 出版时间：April, 2004
• 年：2004
• 卷：72
• 期：3-4
• 页码：293-308
• 全文大小：940 K

文摘

Ultrasonic measurements of compressional and shear wave velocities under hydrostatic pressure up to 70 MPa were carried out on cylindrical specimens cored across and along the foliation planes. Our measurements revealed that the foliation of the metamorphic rocks induces a clear velocity anisotropy between two orthogonal directions; faster along the foliation plane and slower across the plane in most rock types. All velocity components monotonically increase with the confining pressure, probably due to the closure of microcracks distributed in rock specimens. We determined the complete set of dynamic moduli of foliated metamorphic rocks with two assumptions; transverse isotropy due to the foliation and ellipsoidal seismic energy propagation from a point source. The calculated elastic moduli referring to different directions could be valuable for the design of various engineering structures in planar textured rock mass.