A brittleness index evaluation method for weak-brittle rock by acoustic emission technique

Brittleness is a significant indicator of a series of engineering problems in the oil and gas community. However, the majority of brittleness evaluation methods focus on brittle rock, but few pay much attention to weak-brittle rock. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the relationship between released acoustic emission (AE) energy and brittleness during the fracture process of rock samples. An accumulative acoustic energy-based...