A Comparative Study on Fracture Characteristics of the Red Sandstone under Water and Nitrogen Gas Fracturing

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Specimen number</td><td class="align_center">Loading rate (MPa/s)</td><td class="align_center">Volumetric strain</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">G1</td><td class="align_center">0.03259</td><td class="align_center">−0.0010</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">G2</td><td class="align_center">0.02254</td><td class="align_center">−0.0013</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">G3</td><td class="align_center">0.01237</td><td class="align_center">−0.0017</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The volumetric strain of the specimens under the nitrogen gas fracturing pressure (4 MPa).</div>

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Table 3: A Comparative Study on Fracture Characteristics of the Red Sandstone under Water and Nitrogen Gas Fracturing 