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Monitoring of the nano-structure response of natural clay under mechanical perturbation using small angle X-ray scattering and digital image correlation

Birmpilis, Georgios ; Hall, Stephen A. LU ; Lages, Sebastian LU and Dijkstra, Jelke (2019) In Acta Geotechnica 14(6). p.1965-1975
Abstract

This paper introduces a new experimental method to monitor the evolving intra-particle, nanometre-scale response during hydro-mechanical tests on undisturbed wet clay samples using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The method uses a newly developed miniature plane-strain one-dimensional compression cell that facilitates simultaneous full-field surface displacement measurements using digital image correlation and SAXS measurements. The 60–120 s acquisition times offered by SAXS at synchrotron facilities are beneficial to study time-dependent mechanisms in clays. The experimental results presented indicate that, for the natural sensitive clay tested in this work, no significant structural changes occur at the intra-particle scale... (More)

This paper introduces a new experimental method to monitor the evolving intra-particle, nanometre-scale response during hydro-mechanical tests on undisturbed wet clay samples using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The method uses a newly developed miniature plane-strain one-dimensional compression cell that facilitates simultaneous full-field surface displacement measurements using digital image correlation and SAXS measurements. The 60–120 s acquisition times offered by SAXS at synchrotron facilities are beneficial to study time-dependent mechanisms in clays. The experimental results presented indicate that, for the natural sensitive clay tested in this work, no significant structural changes occur at the intra-particle scale during loading, even when large strains are measured at the macro-scale. In addition, changes that are observed at this scale occur after the end of perturbation, i.e. the creation of new intra-particle structures. Further information is obtained on the orientation evolution of the fabric by the comparative analysis of the individual mineral component response.

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Clay, DIC, Directional anisotropy, Nanoscale, Real-time, SAXS
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Acta Geotechnica
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14
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6
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11 pages
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Springer
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1861-1125
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10.1007/s11440-019-00832-8
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  author       = {{Birmpilis, Georgios and Hall, Stephen A. and Lages, Sebastian and Dijkstra, Jelke}},
  issn         = {{1861-1125}},
  keywords     = {{Clay; DIC; Directional anisotropy; Nanoscale; Real-time; SAXS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{1965--1975}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Acta Geotechnica}},
  title        = {{Monitoring of the nano-structure response of natural clay under mechanical perturbation using small angle X-ray scattering and digital image correlation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11440-019-00832-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s11440-019-00832-8}},
  volume       = {{14}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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