[HTML][HTML] Failure transition of shear-to-dilation band of rock salt under triaxial stresses

J Liu, X Qiu, J Yang, C Liang, J Dai, Y Bian - Journal of Rock Mechanics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Great potential of underground gas/energy storage in salt caverns seems to be a promising
solution to support renewable energy. In the underground storage method, the operating …

Fault reactivation by fluid injection: Controls from stress state and injection rate

FX Passelègue, N Brantut… - Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the influence of stress state and fluid injection rate on the reactivation of faults.
We conducted experiments on a saw cut Westerly granite sample under triaxial stress …

Dynamic in situ three-dimensional imaging and digital volume correlation analysis to quantify strain localization and fracture coalescence in sandstone

F Renard, J McBeck, B Cordonnier, X Zheng… - Pure and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Advances in triaxial compression deformation apparatus design, dynamic X-ray
microtomography imaging, data analysis techniques, and digital volume correlation analysis …

Experimental study on deformation and fracture characteristics of coal under different true triaxial hydraulic fracture schemes

B Yu, C Liu, W Chen, J Lu, Y Liu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing techniques are often applied to form permeability enhancement zones
near boreholes and/or wellbores in tight low-permeability reservoirs to improve their …

Experimental study on anisotropy of strength, deformation and damage evolution of contact zone composite rock with DIC and AE techniques

W Wang, Y Ye, Q Wang, N Hu - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Compared to general anisotropic rocks, the contact zone composite rock composed of
strong and weak rocks has distinct characteristics in terms of structure and physical and …

Fault slip controlled by stress path and fluid pressurization rate

ME French, W Zhu, J Banker - Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The practice of injecting fluids into the crust is linked to regional increases in seismicity.
Increasing fluid pressure along preexisting faults is believed to enhance seismicity rates by …

An exponential build-up in seismic energy suggests a months-long nucleation of slow slip in Cascadia

C Hulbert, B Rouet-Leduc, R Jolivet… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Slow slip events result from the spontaneous weakening of the subduction megathrust and
bear strong resemblance to earthquakes, only slower. This resemblance allows us to study …

Investigating and predicting permeability variation in thermally cracked dry rocks

J Liu, B Li, W Tian, X Wu - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal cracking in reservoir rocks can result in significant changes in transport properties.
Siltstone, limestone, and conglomerate samples taken from oil-bearing formations were …

Slow fault propagation in serpentinite under conditions of high pore fluid pressure

ME French, W Zhu - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
The rupture, localization, and slip of faults in serpentinite were studied under varying pore
fluid pressure conditions to understand deformation mechanisms potentially responsible for …

Stabilizing effect of high pore fluid pressure on slip behaviors of gouge‐bearing faults

T Xing, W Zhu, M French… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted experiments to investigate the influence of pore fluid pressure on the frictional
strength and slip behavior of gouge bearing faults. Saw cut porous sandstone samples with …