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Nanoindentation was conducted on sand grains to measure the Young’s modulus, hardness, and fracture toughness of individual sand grains. An inverse problem solving approach was used to determine the stress-strain relationship of sand by allowing finite element simulated load-displacement relationship to agree with measurement data. A cube-corner indenter tip was used to induce cracks emanating from the corners of the indenter tip to measure the fracture toughness. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) technique was used to determine the crystal structure of sand grains.
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Wang, F., Fu, B., Mirshams, R.A., Cooper, W., Komanduri, R., Lu, H. (2011). Mechanical Properties Measurement of Sand Grains by Nanoindentation. In: Proulx, T. (eds) Time Dependent Constitutive Behavior and Fracture/Failure Processes, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9794-4_19
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