Triaxial Creep Behavior of Red Sandstone in Freeze-Thaw Environments

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2020/6641377/figures/6641377.fig.0012a.svgz" name="6641377.fig.0012a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Instantaneous elasticity strain</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2020/6641377/figures/6641377.fig.0012b.svgz" name="6641377.fig.0012b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Instantaneous plastic strain</td></tr></table>

<div>Curves of (a) instantaneous elastic strain and (b) instantaneous plastic strain versus the number of freeze-thaw cycles at various stress levels under 2 MPa of confining pressure.</div>

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Figure 12: Triaxial Creep Behavior of Red Sandstone in Freeze-Thaw Environments 