TRANS-SCALE PROPERITES OF PRECURSORY ACCELERATING DEFORMATION IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF UNIAXIALLY COMPRESSED SANDSTONES [Poster #20]

The power law acceleration has been validated as an effective method for predicting catastrophic failure time, however, the precursory acceleration distribution in local monitoring signals is still unclear. This paper experimental results to show the variable properties of durations, onset times and critical power law exponents of precursory accelerating deformation with monitoring positions and sizes. Our results declare that precursory strain acceleration at different positions and size windows can provide consistent and stable prediction that agree well with the actual failure time. Our findings suggest that there is an optimal size and monitoring position that present earlier alarm and higher accurate prediction, because of heterogeneity of precursory accelerations in amplitudes and durations.
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