Crack Propagation in Layered Analog Rocks with Oriented Texture


Liyang Jiang1, Hongkyu Yoon2, Antonio Bobet3 and Laura J Pyrak-Nolte3,4, (1)Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Geomechanics Department, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (4)Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States