Research Article

A Damage Constitutive Model for the Effects of CO2-Brine-Rock Interactions on the Brittleness of a Low-Clay Shale

Table 3

Values of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) and Young’s modulus () for all tested samples.

SpecimenUCS (MPa)Average UCS (MPa)Young’s modulus (GPa)Average (GPa)
Standard deviation (MPa)Standard deviation (GPa)

IntactNumber 150.2753.306.916.47
Number 256.33(3.03)6.02(0.45)
Subcritical CO2 + NaCl10 days
Number 140.9842.22−20.79%5.485.62−13.14%
Number 243.46(1.24)5.75(0.14)
20 days
Number 131.6134.15−35.93%4.234.45−31.22%
Number 236.69(2.54)4.67(0.22)
30 days
Number 120.5723.03−56.79%2.482.67−58.73%
Number 225.49(2.46)2.86(0.19)
Supercritical CO2 + NaCl10 days
Number 136.1537.75−29.17%4.604.79−25.97%
Number 239.34(1.60)4.97(0.19)
Number 311.89Excluded0.93
20 days
Number 124.5025.28−52.57%2.893.03−53.17%
Number 226.06(0.78)3.16(0.13)
30 days
Number 118.9020.51−61.52%2.062.43−62.44%
Number 222.11(1.61)2.79(0.37)
Number 312.33Excluded1.16