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Mud Shrinkage and Cracking Phenomenon Experimental Identification Using Digital Image Correlation

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Dynamics, Strength of Materials and Durability in Multiscale Mechanics

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 137))

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The main goal of this research was to try, experimentally, to identify the cause of initiation and propagation of cracks network related to desiccation. The work may provide a better understanding of the drying behavior in clayey soils. Kaolin, which is a little swelling “nearly pure” kaolinite, was studied in this context. The experimental method is based on the determination of the local two-dimensional strains and displacements fields using the softwares Vic-2D and Vic-3D on thin layers of the initially saturated clay. Using digital image correlation technique at the macroscopic level, the analyses of strain fields during drying allow to clearly identify and characterize different phenomena such as: shrinkage, stress concentration, initiation, and propagation of cracks.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Etude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux, Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7239, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 57000, Metz, France

    Mahdia Hattab

  2. Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes, CNRS UMR 6294, Université Le Havre Normandie, 53 Rue de Prony, BP540, 76058, Le Havre CEDEX, France

    Said Taibi

  3. Laboratoire de Mécanique des Sols, Structures et Matériaux, CNRS UMR 8579, Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, 3 Rue Joliot Curie, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Jean-Marie Fleureau

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Hattab, M., Taibi, S., Fleureau, JM. (2021). Mud Shrinkage and Cracking Phenomenon Experimental Identification Using Digital Image Correlation. In: dell'Isola, F., Igumnov, L. (eds) Dynamics, Strength of Materials and Durability in Multiscale Mechanics. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 137. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53755-5_19

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