Unsaturated rock mechanics applied to a low-porosity shale

Engineering Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Ramos da Silva, Mikaël ^a   Schroeder, Christian ^a   Verbrugge, Jean Claude ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effective stress; Osmotic technique; Relative humidity control; Unsaturated rock

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPRESSION TESTING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; SHALE;

EFFECTIVE STRESS; OSMOTIC TECHNIQUE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONTROL; UNSATURATED ROCK;

ROCK MECHANICS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROCK MECHANICS; UNIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 39649098227     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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