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Research on b Value Estimation Based on Apparent Amplitude-Frequency Distribution in Rock Acoustic Emission Tests

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  • Daolong Chen

    (School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
    State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Changgen Xia

    (School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Huini Liu

    (School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Xiling Liu

    (School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
    State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Kun Du

    (School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

Abstract

The rock acoustic emission (AE) technique has often been used to study rock destruction properties and has also been considered an important measure for simulating earthquake foreshock sequences. Among them, the AE b value is an essential parameter for the size distribution characteristics and probabilistic hazard analysis of rock fractures. Variations in b values obtained in rock AE tests and earthquakes are often compared to establish analogies in the damage process and precursory analysis. Nevertheless, because the amplitudes measured on the sample boundary by an acoustic sensor (apparent amplitude) are often used to estimate the b value, which cannot descript the source size distribution, it is necessary to develop a method to obtain the size distribution characteristics of the real source from the apparent amplitude in doubly truncated distribution. In this study, we obtain AE apparent amplitudes by applying an attenuation operator to source amplitudes generated by a computer with an underlying exponential distribution and then use these simulated apparent amplitudes to perform a comparative analysis of various b value estimation methods that are used in earthquakes and propose an optimal b value estimation procedure for rock AE tests through apparent amplitudes. To further verify the reliability of the newly proposed procedure, a b value characteristics analysis was carried out on a non-explosive expansion agent rock AE test and transparent refractive index experiment with red sandstone, marble, granite, and limestone. The results indicate that mineral grains of different sizes and compositions and different types of discontinuities of rock specimens determine the rock fracture characteristics, as well as the b value. The dynamic b values decreased linearly during the loading process, which confirms that variations in the b value also depend on the stress. These results indicate that the newly proposed procedure for estimating the b value in rock AE tests based on apparent amplitudes has high reliability.

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  • Daolong Chen & Changgen Xia & Huini Liu & Xiling Liu & Kun Du, 2022. "Research on b Value Estimation Based on Apparent Amplitude-Frequency Distribution in Rock Acoustic Emission Tests," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(17), pages 1-17, September.
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    1. Longjun Dong & Lingyun Zhang & Huini Liu & Kun Du & Xiling Liu, 2022. "Acoustic Emission b Value Characteristics of Granite under True Triaxial Stress," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-16, January.
    2. Danijel Schorlemmer & Stefan Wiemer & Max Wyss, 2005. "Variations in earthquake-size distribution across different stress regimes," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7058), pages 539-542, September.
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