Investigations on Creep Behavior and Fractal Derivative Constitutive Model of Sandstone under Different Drying-Wetting Cycles

Sandstone has been regarded as an optimal medium for underground gas storage (UGS). To better understand effects of drying-wetting (D-W) cycles on creep behavior of sandstone, comprehensive experimental investigations including uniaxial compression test (UCT) and uniaxial constant-load creep test (UCCT), were conducted on sandstone specimens under different D-W cycles. Experimental results demonstrate that the UCS and E, instantaneous strain,...