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A series of high pressure oedometer compression tests were carried out on samples of Lixhe chalk (Belgium) containing various pore fluids: water, air (dry sample), oil (Soltrol) and oil/water under a controlled suction of 200 kPa. Strain curves with respect to time of tests carried out under a constant load were examined in a purpose of investigating the time dependent behaviour of chalk. A simple empirical exponential law able to account for the combined effects of stress and suction is proposed. Experiments show that it provides satisfactory results to predict a feature of multiphase chalk behaviour that is important in the study of the behaviour of oilfields.
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Priol, G., Gennaro, V.D., Delage, P., Servant, T. (2007). Experimental Investigation on the Time Dependent Behaviour of a Multiphase Chalk. In: Schanz, T. (eds) Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-69873-6_15
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