Effect of Moisture on the Macro Failure Characteristics of Weakly Consolidated Mudstone: Mesomechanism

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2022/8254114/figures/8254114.fig.005a.svgz" name="8254114.fig.005a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>The dry consolidated plane</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2022/8254114/figures/8254114.fig.005b.svgz" name="8254114.fig.005b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>The moist consolidated plane</td></tr></table>

<div>Macro- and mesoscopic topography of consolidated plane before and after humidification.</div>

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Figure 5: Effect of Moisture on the Macro Failure Characteristics of Weakly Consolidated Mudstone: Mesomechanism 