A shear failure strength law of rock in the brittle-plastic transition regime

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Ductile-Brittle Transition, Earth Crust, Failure Analysis, Plastic Properties, Rocks, Shear Strength, Stress Intensity Factors, Geological Faults, Pressure Dependence, Stresses, Tectonics, Temperature Dependence

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As a first step to establish the law governing shear failure of typical crustal materials in the brittle-plastic transition regime under lithospheric conditions, and thereby to properly estimate a depth profile of lithospheric strength in quantitative terms, the effects of the normal stress sigma(sub n) across the fault surfaces and ambient temperature T on the shear failure strength of dry Westerly granite in the brittle to brittle-plastic transition regimes are evaluated quantitatively, using experimental data published by earlier authors. The empirical law proposed can predict the shear failure strength at strain rates of 10(exp -4) - 10(exp -5)/s under any (sigma(sub n), T) conditions in the brittle to brittle-plastic transition regimes.

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