A strain reversal method for estimating extension from fragmented rigid inclusions
A strain reversal method for estimating extension from fragmented rigid inclusions
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用于估计碎片刚性夹杂物延伸的应变反转方法
DOI:
10.1016/0040-1951(81)90108-6
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发表时间:
1981
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
C. Ferguson
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作者:
C. Ferguson
In the standard method of strain analysis using fragmented rigid inclusions (such as “stretched” belemnites) extension is estimated by comparing the initial length of the inclusion with its final (stretched) length. This approach fails to recognise that not all of the total extension is recorded by separation of the fragments, even when cross-fractures are present at the onset of deformation. This paper presents an alternative approach in which the extensional strain is reversed, the inter-fragment gaps being incrementally closed until the inclusion is restored to its original state. This allows an estimate of the “unrecorded” extension (accommodated by inhomogeneous matrix flow near the inclusion) as well as that recorded by fragment separation.Model experiments, in which the fragmented inclusion is represented by wooden blocks set in a ductile matrix, allow the strain reversal method to be compared with the standard method. The mean percentage relative error is much smaller in the former (10.2%) than in the latter (37.2%). The main disadvantage of the strain reversal method is that it requires the collection of more data (fragment lengths and gap lengths in correct sequence), which must be processed by computer (a short BASIC program is provided). Although there is no one-to-one correspondence between strain estimates derived from the two methods, an approximate numerical transformation from one to the other may be possible. One such transformation (based on a study of natural boudinage) has been applied to the experimental data and reduces the mean percentage relative error in the standard method estimates to 11.5%.