Articles | Volume 45
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-167-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-167-2018
21 Aug 2018
 | 21 Aug 2018

The scaling effect on rock behaviour by comparing compressional wave velocities measured in the lab and field

Mahdi Sehizadeh, Mohammad H. B. Nasseri, and R. Paul Young

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In this paper, We tried to answer two major questions: To what extent are the laboratory results reliable? How well can the lab results represent the rock behaviour on a larger scale? we have discussed the usefulness of laboratory true triaxial experiments in duplicating the field scenarios. We have reconstructed field P-wave velocity profile from laboratory measurements and compared it with the field velocity measurements and observed a good agreement between two sources.