Thermal damage in Beishan granite subjected to high temperature treatment (from 100° C to
800° C at different heating rates, ranging from 1 to 15° C/min) is studied in order to assess …

In this paper, parameters for characterization of connected porosity and overall damage in
the thermally-cracked rock of granite in order to assess, respectively, its transport properties …

Fire is one of the most severe threats to stone applied in civil engineering and architecture.
In most cases, its effects are irreversible and have long-lasting repercussions. In addition to …

The development of new technologies to enhance tight gas reservoir productivity could
strongly benefit from a better resolution and imaging of the porosity. Numerous methods are …

Temperature can affect the physical and mechanical properties of rocks. With the aim of
better understanding the effect of thermally-induced cracks on rock failure process, we …

Rock spalling is one of the most frequent break modes and a serious stability challenge for
the supporting design during engineering excavation under high geo-stress and hard rock …

Hard rock often performs as brittle failures, such as cracking, spalling, and rockburst,
induced by excavation in deep underground engineering. To understand the effect of the …

The permeability of thermally cracked granites is crucial information for understanding and
modeling a number of processes in the earth's crust, such as folding, geothermal activity …

Granitic rocks are potential rock types for hosting high-level radioactive waste (HLW)
repositories at depth. A better understanding of rock thermal conductivity is essential to …

Microfocus computer tomography (μCT) is a non-destructive technique for imaging internal
features within an opaque object. Among the most important recent improvements of μCT is …