… Tensile strength, compressive strength, Young's Modulus, Secant Modulus, stress drop, and
… exhibit mechanical anisotropy and decrease due to saturation. Tensile strength anisotropy …

… that anisotropy has a major effect on the mechanical characteristics of the stone. Numerous
researchers investigated the influence of anisotropy on the strength of … Mudrock is the most …

… there is a range of strength asymmetry behavior for debris flow mudrocks as the … anisotropy
can be used to estimate strength anisotropy and the risk of extensional failure in mudrocks …

… anisotropy in shales, research into shale strength anisotropy has … to quantify strength as
opposed to elastic anisotropy (see … While strength anisotropy has importance in structural …

… The decreases in shear strength and pore size as well as increases in compressibility and
anisotropy in fabric are quantitatively related to such transition. The new homogenization …

… maximum compressive strength to the minimum strength) over the … strength tests were
compared with the strength anisotropy index ratio [IS(50)] determined from the point load strength …

… Anisotropy affects various properties of shales such as tensile strength [2], compressive strength,
… [11] noted that the borehole instability related to strength anisotropy associated with the …

… Permeability anisotropy (ratio of horizontal to vertical … where a greater permeability anisotropy
understanding can greatly … the permeability anisotropy of several mudrocks, which are clay-…

… pair exhibit both strong anisotropy and strong anelasticity. … survey of strength, anisotropy
and anelasticity in shales. In … the mechanical properties of mudrocks will improve detection of …

… horizontal fissures may often impart an anisotropy to mudrocks which can enhance the effects
… Here the undrained shear strength anisotropy resulted in the horizontal specimens having …