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

Table 1

Basic test information of mudstone specimen before and after humidification curing.

Items	Dry				Moist
	N-1	N-2	N-3	Average	M-1		M-2		M-3		Average
					Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Length (mm)	100.13	100.12	99.94	100.06	100.36	100.37	100.33	100.33	100.38	100.4	100.36	100.36
Diameter (mm)	50.02	50.15	50.04	50.07	49.91	49.93	50.07	50.07	50.08	50.09	50.02	50.03
Weight (g)	400.25	404.17	410.23	404.88	391.15	396.12	418.72	423.58	406.23	411.18	405.37	410.29
RMC (%)	0	0	0	0	1.27		1.16		1.21		≈1.20
UCS (MPa)	9.04	13.39	11.88	11.44	6.625		8.24		6.78		7.215
(GPa)	6.82	15.68	13.63	12.04	5.675		8.11		5.73		6.505