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Crack closure, initiation and damage stresses of Montney shale

Qiang Chen, Ron Wong

Dans les comptes rendus d’articles de la conférence: GeoEdmonton 2018: 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 13th joint with IAH-CNC

Session: Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology I

ABSTRACT: The uniaxial and triaxial compression tests have been conducted on 38 mm diameter core plugs to characterize the mechanical properties of the Montney strata. The crack closure, crack initiation, crack damage and peak stresses are determined based on the test results. The axial strain response method (ASRM), the lateral strain response method (LSRM), the volumetric strain method (VSM) and the crack volumetric strain method (CVSM) are used to estimate these 4 stress thresholds. The results show that all methods can give acceptable values. ASRM and LSRM depend heavily on the origin of the stress-strain curve. In addition, the Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, cohesion and friction angle are obtained from the test results.


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Chen, Qiang, Wong, Ron (2018) Crack closure, initiation and damage stresses of Montney shale in GEO2018. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

@inproceedings{Chen_GEO2018_280, author = {{Chen, Qiang}, {Wong, Ron}}
title = {Crack closure, initiation and damage stresses of Montney shale}
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 13th joint with IAH-CNC }
year = {2018}
organization = {The Canadian Geotechnical Society},
address = {Ottawa, Canada} }
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