Nucleation of cracks in sedimentary rocks under non-uniform loading: insights from simultaneous X-ray and neutron imaging

Amer Syed1, Yukie Tanino2, Jacob LaManna3 and David L Jacobson3, (1)University of Aberdeen, School of Engineering, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (2)University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (3)National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Gaithersburg, MD, United States