Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Specimens of Iron Oxide, Quartz, and Bedded Composites Under Uniaxial Compression and Indirect Tensile Strength.

The heterogeneity of natural rocks produces increased variations in the results of geomechanical and metallurgical tests making the repeatability of experimental work questionable. Fabricated test specimens have, therefore, become more attractive for fundamental studies. In this study, quasi-identical 3D-printed (3DP) specimens with 10 and 16 mm diameters were fabricated and tested to study material strength and understand the breakage characteristics at a scale more suitable for comminution.

Poromechanical controls on spontaneous imbibition in earth materials.

Over the last century, the state of stress in the earth's upper crust has undergone rapid changes because of human activities associated with fluid withdrawal and injection in subsurface formations. The stress dependency of multiphase flow mechanisms in earth materials is a substantial challenge to understand, quantify, and model for many applications in groundwater hydrology, applied geophysics, CO subsurface storage, and the wider geoenergy field (e.g.