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The role of shale behaviour in borehole instability is classically explained by the high reactivity with water, resulting in swelling, slaking, weakening, etc. However, laboratory experiments are carried out on shale samples whose total saturation is never ensured, in spite of all the care taken for their preservation. The presence of air in the porous network induces: 1) capillary suction, which,...
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