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dc.contributor.authorBrooks, Zanzile
dc.contributor.authorUlm, Franz-Josef
dc.contributor.authorEinstein, Herbert H.
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-16T21:26:49Z
dc.date.available2016-06-16T21:26:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.date.submitted2012-04
dc.identifier.issn1861-1125
dc.identifier.issn1861-1133
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103134
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the interaction between crack initiation and nanomechanical properties in the crack-tip fracture process zone of Carrara marble. Specimens with preexisting cracks were loaded in a uniaxial testing machine until the process zone appeared at the tips of the preexisting cracks. ESEM analysis reveals an increase in microcrack density in the process zone with increased loading of the specimen. Nanoindentation testing comprised of lines and grids of single nanoindentations located both near and far from the process zone shows a decrease in both indentation modulus and indentation hardness near grain boundaries in intact material, and with closeness to the process zone. Ultimately, the study confirms that the crack-tip process zone manifests itself as an area of reduced indentation hardness and indentation modulus in marble.en_US
dc.publisherSpringer-Verlagen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11440-013-0213-zen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alikeen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceSpringer-Verlagen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) and nanoindentation investigation of the crack tip process zone in marbleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationBrooks, Z., F. -J. Ulm, and H. H. Einstein. “Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM) and Nanoindentation Investigation of the Crack Tip Process Zone in Marble.” Acta Geotech. 8, no. 3 (March 19, 2013): 223–245.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorBrooks, Zanzileen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorUlm, Franz-Josefen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorEinstein, Herbert H.en_US
dc.relation.journalActa Geotechnicaen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2016-05-23T12:12:14Z
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rights.holderSpringer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
dspace.orderedauthorsBrooks, Z.; Ulm, F. -J.; Einstein, H. H.en_US
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dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7089-8069
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-4736
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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