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Micromechanical constitutive model for low-temperature constant strain rate deformation of limestones in the brittle and semi-brittle regime

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Deformation and failure of rocks are important for a better understanding of many crustal geological phenomena such as faulting and compaction. In carbonate rocks among others, lowtemperature deformation can either occur with dilatancy or compaction, having implications for porosity changes, failure and petrophysical properties. Hence, a thorough understanding of all the micromechanisms responsible for deformation is of great interest. In this study, a constitutive model for the low-temperature deformation of low-porosity (<20 per cent) carbonate rocks is derived from the micromechanisms identified in previous studies. The micromechanical model is based on (1) brittle crack propagation, (2) a plasticity law (interpreted in terms of dislocation glide without possibility to climb) for porous media with hardening and (3) crack nucleation due to dislocation pileups. The model predicts stress-strain relations and the evolution of damage during deformation. The model adequately predicts brittle behaviour at low confining pressures, which switches to a semi-brittle behaviour characterized by inelastic compaction followed by dilatancy at higher confining pressures. Model predictions are compared to experimental results from previous studies and are found to be in close agreement with experimental results. This suggests that microphysical phenomena responsible for the deformation are sufficiently well captured by the model although twinning, recovery and cataclasis are not considered. The porosity range of applicability and limits of the model are discussed.
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hal-03978427 , version 1 (08-02-2023)

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A Nicolas, J Fortin, Y Guéguen. Micromechanical constitutive model for low-temperature constant strain rate deformation of limestones in the brittle and semi-brittle regime. Geophysical Journal International, 2017, 211 (1), pp.300 - 321. ⟨10.1093/gji/ggx299⟩. ⟨hal-03978427⟩
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