Development of High Temperature Capability for Rotary Direct Shear Rock Deformation

该奖项将支持旋转直接剪切岩石变形系统高温能力的开发。主要的研究重点是获得环境温度较高的深部断层/裂缝的知识。高温能力还将使延性岩石的直接剪切变形研究成为可能，从而能够在非常大的应变下研究岩石的流变特性和变形结构的发展。将解决三个主要领域以增加高温能力：修改样品夹套、修改样品夹具以留出炉子的空间、建造炉子。

This award will support the development of high-temperature capability for a rotary direct shear rock deformation system. The primary research focus is to gain knowledge of faulting/fracture at depth where the ambient temperature is high. High-temperature capability will also allow ductile rock deformation studies of direct shear, permitting investigations of rheological properties and the development of deformation textures in rocks at very large strains. Three principal areas will be addressed to add high- temperature capabilities: modification of the sample jacket, modification of the sample grips to allow space for a furnace, construction of a furnace.