Experimental Study on the Effects of Stress-Induced Damage on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Soft Rock

<div>Experimental procedures and equipment. (a) Rock sample. (b) Pictures of samples after the maintenance period. (c) Schematic diagram of locations of the selected slices. (d) Sample slices. (e). Hitachi SU8000 SEM system. (f) Internal workspace of the nanoVoxel 3000 CT scanner. (g) nanoVoxel 3000 CT scanner. (h) Photograph of the TAW-200 electronic material mechanical testing machine. (i) Photograph of a sample that failed under uniaxial compression.</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Figure 1: Experimental Study on the Effects of Stress-Induced Damage on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Soft Rock 