An experimental study on the stress field in rocks uniformed under in situ stresses
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04640396
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
固体地球物理学
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| Research Institution | TOHOKU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAMOTO Kiyohiko Tohoku U., Fac. Sci., Assoc. Prof., 理学部, 助教授 (90004390)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KATO Naoyuki Tohoku U., Fac.Sci., Res.Assoc., 理学部, 助手 (60224523)
MIURA Satoshi Tohoku U., Fac. Sci., Res. Assoc., 理学部, 助手 (70181849)
HIRASAWA Tomowo Tohoku U., Fac. Sci., Prof., 理学部, 教授 (80011568)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Keywords | In situ stress / Deformation rate analysis (DRA) / Stress memory / Kaiser effect / Uniformed stress field / Elastic heterogeneity / Elastic mismatch / Inelastic strain / 地殼応力 / カイザー効果 / 不均貭媒貭 |
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| Research Abstract |
Inelastic deformation of rocks under uniaxial loading of compresion reflects the stresses that have been previously applied to the rocks. This effects of the previous stresses on the inelastic strain is called the rock property of stress memory. The absolute values of in situ stresses are suggested to be estimated from boring core samples by the method of deformation rate analysis(DRA) which has been developed on the basis of the property of the stress memory. We call the memory of the absolute values of in situ stress as in situ stress memory. In situ stress memory is however an unexpected property from the established knowledge on the deformation of rocks. We carried out this study for the purposes as follows ; 1) to confirm that the stresses estimated from core samples by DRA are regarded as the in situ stresses at the places where the samples were retrieved, 2) to propose a hypothesis for the explanation of in situ stress memory and 3) to prove the validity of the hypothesis. We compared the vertical stresses estimated by DRA on boring core samples up to 842 m depth with the calculated overburden pressures. a) We confirmed by the comparisom that rocks have in situ stress memory. b) We proposed the hypothesis that stress field in rocks has been uniformed at the in situ stresses which are almost constant for a long time and theoretically proved that the in situ stress memory is explianed by the hypothesis. The hypothesis predicts that the compliance of rock specimens decreases to the minimum at an applied stress nearly equal to the constant stress that has been being applied to the specimen for a long time. c) We experimentally found the decrease in the compliance for the rock specimens which have been subjected to a constant stress for a time more than 3 days.
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