Elastic modulus evolution of rocks under heating–cooling cycles

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 13835
• Main Authors: Liu, Weidong, Zhang, Liangchi, Luo, Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.08.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/166/988; 639/301/1023/303; Cooling; Decay; Heating; Humanities and Social Sciences; Landslides; Mechanical properties; multidisciplinary; Phase transitions; Quartz; Rocks; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Transition temperatures

Rocks decay significantly during or after heating–cooling cycles, which can in turn lead to hazards such as landslide and stone building collapse. Nevertheless, the deterioration mechanisms are unclear. This paper presents a simple and reliable method to explore the mechanical property evolutions of...