Research Article

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

Table 3

Surface hardness and elastic modulus () test results of the dry and moist states.

No.DryMoist
Hardness (MPa) (GPa)Hardness (MPa) (GPa)

1161.035.08617.20430.93459
21590.348.8776.7910.89854
37111.6259.54105.247.6947
4801.9717.2148.22671.418
5116421.25423.3622.4301
6598.1615.559710.3213.864
7273.310.542199.428.0108
8109.694.356739.154.1816
9236.255.92236.00151.1958
10450.378.711297.7575.1411
11326.027.4108216.337.8022
123868.794.227184.126.9577
131719.618.413261.498.1908
14638.1114.33119.856.1832
15208.39.8534755.2615.946
16799.315.913794.0116.979