Quantitative analysis of meso-damage evolution for shale under in situ uniaxial compression conditions

In order to investigate the meso-damage evolution of shale, four uniaxial compressive tests were conducted using X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) equipment. Two of the four samples were conducted the in situ compression tests, from which a series of CT images at different stress levels were got during the loading process. Based on those CT images, a new damage variable was first proposed to quantitatively analyze the damage evolution...