Experimental monitoring of nonlinear wave interactions in crab orchard sandstone under uniaxial load

Malcolm, Alison and Coates, Lauren and Moravej, Andrey and Melnikov, Andrey and Butt, Steve and Poduska, Kristin M. (2022) Experimental monitoring of nonlinear wave interactions in crab orchard sandstone under uniaxial load. Experimental Results, 4. ISSN 2516-712X

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Abstract

When two waves interact within a rock sample, the interaction strength depends strongly on the sample’s microstructural properties, including the orientation of the sample layering. The study that established this dependence on layering speculated that the differences were caused by cracks aligned with the layers in the sample. To test this, we applied a uniaxial load to similar samples of Crab Orchard Sandstone and measured the nonlinear interaction as a function of the applied load and layer orientation. We show that the dependence of the nonlinear signal changes on applied load is exponential, with a characteristic load of 11.4–12.5 MPa that is independent of sample orientation and probe wavetype (P or S); this value agrees with results from the literature, but does not support the cracks hypothesis.

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