Research Article

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

Table 7

The brittleness index () of intact samples and soaked samples.

Soaking conditionSoaking time (day) (%) (%)

Intact0.9961
Subcritical CO2 + NaCl100.98431.18
200.97542.08
300.98511.10
Supercritical CO2 + NaCl100.97572.05
200.97132.49
300.98351.26