Research Article

Mechanical Characteristics and Energy Evolution Laws for Red Bed Rock of Badong Formation under Different Stress Paths

Table 6

The energy parameters under different confining pressures.

Specimen no.σ3 (MPa) (kPa) (kPa) (kPa) (kPa) (kPa) (kPa)Urel (kPa)

b2-1-10212.43217.020212.43146.1870.84141.59
b2-3-12246.28314.162.52243.75305.958.2235.55
b2-3-24272.39405.734.66267.72389.9615.77251.95
b2-3-38296.4348.2867.01229.38346.731.55227.83
b2-3-416817.651426.8361.99755.661181.17245.66510

is the TAE when the stress reaches the RS.