Reduction in strength and stiffness in rocks attributed to an increase in water content has
been extensively researched on a large variety of rock types over the past decades. Due to …

Fully understanding the influence of water on the rock materials' mechanical properties is of
great significance to the safety design and evaluation in rock engineering. In this study …

A thorough knowledge of the variations of mechanical properties of rock materials with their
water content is essential for evaluating the structural behaviour and durability of stone …

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

This study investigated the effect of water content on quasi-static fracture behavior of
sandstone. Notched semi-circular bending (NSCB) tests were conducted on a total number …

Tensile fractures in deep coal and rock mass can readily trigger dynamic calamities like rock
bursts, significantly impacting the safety of coal mining. To enhance our understanding of …

The failure characteristics and the various induced fractures of shale are investigated in this
paper. Brazilian tests were conducted for different inclination angles of the weak planes of …

The presence of water strongly affects rock properties and would be related to a series of
geological disasters. To understand water saturation effects on the mechanical behavior of …

This paper investigates the mechanical properties and damage laws of marine shale from
the Silurian Longmaxi Formation by conducting uniaxial compression experiments with …

In underground rock engineering, rock structures at great depth are commonly subjected to
water infusion, static geo-stress as well as the dynamic disturbances. It is thus essential to …