Influence of water on deformation and failure of gypsum rock

C Caselle, P Baud, ARL Kushnir, T Reuschlé… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
While water is known to significantly reduce the strength of rocks, there remains a paucity of
data on water-weakening of gypsum. Here, we quantify water-weakening in a natural …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of laboratory and field electrical resistivity measurements of a gypsum rock for mining prospection applications

C Caselle, S Bonetto, C Comina - International Journal of Mining Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Geophysical surveys are frequently applied in mining prospection to detect the presence
and volume of ore bodies of different nature. Particularly, in gypsum ore bodies exploitation …

Two-dimensional meshfree-based digital image correlation for strain-displacement measurement

SH Drahman, AR Zainal Abidin, ABH Kueh - Experimental Techniques, 2022 - Springer
At present, there are various image registration algorithms under active development for
digital image correlation techniques. These techniques include the meshfree-based (MFree …

Crack coalescence and strain accommodation in gypsum rock

C Caselle, SMR Bonetto, D Costanzo - Frattura Ed Integrità …, 2020 - fracturae.com
Gypsum is a soft rock with low strength and high propensity to plastic deformation. Its
mechanical properties are relevant in a wide range of technical application (eg tunnel …

Preliminary Mineralogical Characterization of Branching Selenite Gypsum: New Insights for the Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Mechanical Characterization

C Caselle, L Pastero, S Cavagna, S Bonetto - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study proposes a characterization of textural and mineralogical features of
branching selenite gypsum lithofacies from the Monferrato area (NW Italy). This facies is …

Preliminary Characterisation of an Italian Soft Rock with a Block-in-Matrix Fabric

ML Napoli, L Milan, M Barbero, C Scavia - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mélanges are heterogeneous geological deposits and represent the most widespread
bimrock (block-in-matrix) formations. This paper presents the efforts undertaken to …

Micro-scale mechanisms controlling the deformation and failure of gypsum

C Caselle, S Bonetto, F Vagnon, AM Ferrero… - ISRM EUROCK, 2020 - onepetro.org
Gypsum is a rock material with uncommon low strength and, in general, low porosity. Huge
attention has been paid in the scientific community to its mechanical properties due to the …