The Anisotropic Behavior of a Clay Shale: Strength, Hydro‐Mechanical Couplings and Failure Processes

• Published in: Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth Vol. 128; no. 11
• Main Authors: Winhausen, L., Khaledi, K., Jalali, M., Bretthauer, M., Amann, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2023
• Subjects: anisotropy; effective strength; laboratory experiments; poromechanical response; shale

Many rocks exhibit a structural composition, which leads to an anisotropic behavior of different properties. A proper understanding of the directional dependency of these properties is required to analyze and predict the failure behavior of the rock mass upon stress changes during many geo‐engineeri...