• Hydrofracturing tests on granite samples using a true triaxial device equipped with acoustic emission sensors 

      Herbón-Penabad, Miguel; Muñoz-Ibáñez, Andrea; Delgado Martín, Jordi; González-Molano, Nubia; Alvarellos-Iglesias, José; Canal, Jacobo (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2021)
      [Abstract:] We present a series of tests performed on granite samples using a true triaxial device designed and built at the Rock Mechanics Laboratory (University of A Coruña). The experiments were performed using cubic ...
    • Size effects on the tensile strength and fracture toughness of granitic rock in different tests 

      Pérez-Rey, Ignacio; Muñoz-Ibáñez, Andrea; González-Fernández, Manuel A.; Muñiz-Menéndez, Mauro; Herbón-Penabad, Miguel; Estévez-Ventosa, Xian; Delgado Martín, Jordi; Alejano, Leandro R. (Elsevier, 2023)
      [Abstract:] This study investigates the tensile failure mechanisms in granitic rock samples at different scales by means of different types of tests. To do that, we have selected a granitic rock type and obtained samples ...