The role of mineralogical and textural complexity in the damage evolution of brittle rocks

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dc.contributor.authorGöğüş, Özge Dinç
dc.contributor.authorAvşar, Elif
dc.contributor.authorDeveli, Kayhan
dc.contributor.authorÇalık, Ayten
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:31:31Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:31:31Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn brittle rocks, deformation is characterized by the initiation and propagation of cracks at both microscale and mesoscale levels. This study explores how rock texture influences the evolution of cracking networks and progressive rock damage results under uniaxial compression. 3D discrete analyses were employed to identify the critical stresses of three different rock types. Thin sections were prepared from uniaxially loaded core samples at these stresses and crack patterns were captured under a polarizing microscope. The fractal box dimension method was used to quantitatively analyze the crack patterns for each rock type at each stress level. The novelty of this research is revealing the relationship between the development of microcrack patterns and textural properties such as mineral orientation/distribution, interlocking, crystal cleavage/hardness, and the groundmass. Results show that the cracking tendency varies with rock type at each critical stress level. Specifically, diabase exhibited the highest crack intensity, attributed to the interlocking of hard plagioclase and pyroxene crystals. Furthermore, the cleavages in pyroxenes make diabase particularly susceptible to cracking, especially when they are oriented parallel or semi-parallel to the applied load. These findings highlight that rock texture is a crucial factor influencing microcrack development, which should be considered in rock engineering applications.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [121Y031]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was financially supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under Project Grant 121Y031.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-024-79940-9
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid39562598
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85209388422
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79940-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23182
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001360392700032
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNature Portfolio
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectRock damage
dc.subjectRock texture
dc.subjectCracking
dc.subjectDiscrete element method
dc.subjectFractal dimension
dc.titleThe role of mineralogical and textural complexity in the damage evolution of brittle rocks
dc.typeArticle

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