01-12-2012, 12:44 PM
MICROWAVE IN ROCK MECHANICS
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ABSTRACT
During the process of rock compression up to failure, the microwave radiation of rocks was observed and studied by remote sensing. The microwave radiometers for wave lengths of 8 mm, 2 cm and 10 cm were used. The experiments show that the luminance temperature of microwave radiation of rocks increases with increasing stress during loading, and that the increase speeds up just before rock failure. This phenomenon can be considered as a new precursor of rock failure. The concept of remote sensing rock mechanics (or remote sensing rock physics) advanced on the experimental basis of infrared remote sensing observation during rock failure has been enriched by these new experimental results. Its contents have been extended from infrared remote sensing to microwave remote sensing, and the prospects of applying remote sensing rock mechanics in the study of earthquake and rock burst prediction have also been broadened.