Dr Davide Guccione from the University of Newcastle is looking to create a database of material characterization from different rock types and strengths. This will support his rockfall fragmentation project and is also relevant to an ACARP rockfall project at UoN.

Please reach out to davide.guccione (at) newcastle.edu.au if you would like to be involved. Davide is looking to gather information from borehole and subsequent lab characterization, including:

  • Rock type and condition (fresh, weathered, slightly weathered, etc.)
  • From Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests:
    • UCS
    • Secant Elastic Modulus (at failure)
    • Tangent Elastic Modulus
  • From Brazilian Tests (Indirect Tensile Tests):
    • Tensile strength
    • Specimen dimensions (diameter and length)
    • Force vs. Displacement curve, if available (raw data)
  • Point Load Tests
  • Toughness Test Mode I (K_Ic) (less common)

Exact locations are not essential—geological region is sufficient.