Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

Development of a New Laboratory Earthquake Setup Featuring a Paraffin oil-based Gel as Analogue Material

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In this study, we present the development of a new experimental setup composed of an analogue fault surrounded by paraffin oil-based gel, which allows us to simulate earthquake-like events in the laboratory. The apparatus is designed to test the possibility of mitigating earthquake-like instabilities using control theory. We present the physical properties of the paraffin oil-based gel as functions of strain rate, strain, and temperature. Our results show a linear relation between the stress and strain up to 30% shear strain, along with a low viscosity at high strain rate. Furthermore, we engineered the frictional properties of the analogue fault using 3D-printed patches placed along its surface. Finally, an experimental earthquake simulation, using the setup, demonstrates a sudden slip event within the gel, propagating at a speed between cs and 1.41 cs, where cs represents the shear wave velocity of the gel, which is consistent with theoretical and previous experimental results.

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hal-05055111 , version 1 (03-05-2025)

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Abdallah Aoude, Ioannis Stefanou, Jean-François Semblat, Vito Rubino. Development of a New Laboratory Earthquake Setup Featuring a Paraffin oil-based Gel as Analogue Material. The 10th World Congress on New Technologies, Aug 2024, Barcelone, Spain. ⟨10.11159/icceia24.140⟩. ⟨hal-05055111⟩
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