A detailed understanding of the thermal damage and failure mechanical behavior of granite
at elevated temperatures is a key concern in nuclear waste disposal engineering …

Abstract Intraplate Continental Margins comprise fully rifted areas of continents and cratons
recording the tectonic events associated with plate breakup and subsequent continental …

The organic carbon-and uranium-rich, marine Alum Shale Formation in northwestern
Europe (Middle Cambrian (Miaolingian) to Early Ordovician) was deposited in the Baltic …

We performed mechanical tests on several, mainly European black shales with different
mineralogical composition, porosity and maturity. The uniaxial and triaxial compressive …

Mechanical properties of shales are key parameters influencing hydrocarbon production–
impacting borehole stability, hydraulic fracture extension and microscale variations in in situ …

The failure mechanism and failure mode of anisotropic rock masses are very different from
those of isotropic rock masses. For unsupported tunnels, the failure modes of anisotropic …

This paper presents bonded-particle discrete element modeling with embedded smooth
joints for simulating the mechanical behavior of transversely isotropic rock with systematic …

A series of uniaxial and triaxial compression tests were performed on slate samples with
different diameters at different foliation orientations with respect to the direction of the major …

To investigate the anisotropic fracture characteristics of coal, physical tests are carried out
on semi-circular bend specimens with different pre-crack inclinations and bedding …

Shale gas formations are typically characterized by anisotropic and fracture properties.
Existing shale wellbore stability models have only considered the anisotropy of shale rocks …