Statistical similarity between the compression of a porous material and earthquakes

Baro, Jordi and Corral, Alvaro and Illa, Xavier and Planes, Antoni and Salje, Ekhard K. H. and Schranz, Wilfried and Soto-Parra, Daniel E. and Vives, Eduard (2012) Statistical similarity between the compression of a porous material and earthquakes. arXiv:1211.1360.

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Abstract

It has been long stated that there are profound analogies between fracture experiments and earthquakes; however, few works attempt a complete characterization of the parallelisms between these so separate phenomena. We study the Acoustic Emission events produced during the compression of Vycor (SiO2). The Gutenberg-Richter law, the modified Omori's law, and the law of aftershock productivity are found to hold for a minimum of 5 decades, are independent of the compression rate, and keep stationary for all the duration of the experiments. The waiting-time distribution fulfills a unified scaling law with a power-law exponent close to 2.45 for long times, which is explained in terms of the temporal variations of the activity rate.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2012AREP; IA64;
Subjects:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Divisions:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	arXiv:1211.1360
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2012 08:32
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 10:05
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/2629

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