Journal
MECHANICS OF TIME-DEPENDENT MATERIALS
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 117-133Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11043-015-9255-y
Keywords
Stress corrosion; Glass; Crack propagation; Fluid-rock interactions
Funding
- AREVA NC
- ANDRA
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We investigate pore fluid effects due to surface energy variation or due to chemical corrosion in cracked glass. Both effects have been documented through experimental tests on cracked borosilicate glass samples. Creep tests have been performed to investigate the slow crack propagation behavior. We compared the dry case (saturated with argon gas), the nonreactive water saturated case (commercial mineralized water), and the distilled and deionized water saturated case (pure water). Chemical corrosion effects have been observed and evidenced from pH and water composition evolution of the pure water. Then, the comparison of the dry case, the mineral water saturated case, and the corrosion case allow to (i) evidence the mechanical effect of the presence of a pore fluid and (ii) show also the chemical effect of a glass dissolution. Both effects enhance subcritical crack propagation.
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