Laboratory tests on two field shale materials and one outcrop shale have revealed significant strength anisotropy. The tests have been analyzed in terms of the patchy weakness model; which describes the rock as isotropic apart from a set of parallel weak planes with heteroge-neous strength distribution. The strength heterogeneities are modelled as weak patches which may be mobilized prior to global failure. The presence of the weak patches yields a wider range of re-duced strength; as compared to the classical plane of weakness model in which the strength of the weak planes is assumed to be uniform. According to these analyses; heterogeneities within the weak planes play a significant role for the strength anisotropy for the outcrop shale and for one of the field shales. For the second field shale; heterogeneities within the weak planes appeared to be insignificant.
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ISRM Conference on Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure - SBMR 2014
September 9–13, 2014
Goiania, Brazil
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Jørn F. Stenebråten;
Jørn F. Stenebråten
SINTEF Petroleum Research
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Paper presented at the ISRM Conference on Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure - SBMR 2014, Goiania, Brazil, September 2014.
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ISRM-SBMR-2014-028
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September 09 2014
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Fjær, Erling, Stenebråten, Jørn F., Holt, Rune M., Bauer, Andreas, Horsrud, Per, and Olav-Magnar Nes. "Modeling Strength Anisotropy." Paper presented at the ISRM Conference on Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure - SBMR 2014, Goiania, Brazil, September 2014.
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