A novel experimental system for measurement of coupled multi-physics-induced surface alteration processes in geomaterials

Despite significant advances in micro-scale measurement techniques for investigations in subsurface energy-bearing geomaterials, they have been unable to incorporate subsurface geomechanical conditions such as in-situ stresses in their applications. To overcome such lacking, we designed a novel high-pressure shear cell capable of measuring chemo-thermo-mechanical behaviour of actual (not synthetic) geomaterials by allowing application of...