Modified Torsional Kolsky Bar Experiments Elucidate the Relationship Between Work and Velocity Weakening Behavior of Westerly Granite and SAFOD Gouges

Monica Barbery1, Xianqian Wu2, Binoy Rodrigues2, W Ashley Griffith3 and Vikas Prakash2, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)Case Western Reserve University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cleveland, OH, United States, (3)The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States
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