Jean-Pierre Tshibangu

Development of a numerical tool for the treatment of the data supplied by compression tests

Abstract A software for microcomputer of PC type has been developed to set an automatic treatment of the stress-strain curves drawn from rock testing systems. The software implements procedures for smoothing and detecting the characteristic points of stress-strain curves. The smoothing is made by three points sliding mean, while the detection of the characteristic points is made by an original treatment using numerical derivatives. This treatment allows the setting of the onset of the linear portion of the curve, the elastic limit and the failure strength. The software implements also an original algorithm to build Mohrs envelopes. It has been tested with satisfactory results on many rocks ranging from fragile to ductile materials.