Research Article

Experimental Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Dry and Saturated Basalt Columnar Joints under Uniaxial Compression and Tensile Damage

Table 1

Basalt columnar joints and tensile strength of the sheet.

Moisture conditionSpecimen numberSample size: diameter × height (mm)Breaking load (kN)Tensile strength (MPa)Average value (MPa)Energy (kN × mm)Average value (kN × mm)

SaturationPb-1φ50.2 × 27.19.4874.4404.505217.673221.008
Pb-2φ50.3 × 18.49.8274.595234.529
Pb-3φ50.3 × 25.58.4474.178210.903
pb-4φ50.3 × 20.17.1284.476213.481
pb-5φ50.2 × 14.85.6684.835228.453

Drypg-1φ50.3 × 25.313.3866.6756.657239.891242.401
pg-2φ50.3 × 22.711.4856.404246.444
pg-3φ50.2 × 18.89.3816.330242.405
pg-4φ50.3 × 27.315.0856.982239.902
pg-5φ50.5 × 15.08.2476.895243.364