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Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 7 (2015) 213 e219 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering journal homepage: Full length article Laboratory study on the mechanical behaviors of an anisotropic shale rock Quan Gao, Junliang Tao, Jianying Hu, Xiong (Bill) Yu* Department of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Shale gas is becoming an important energy source worldwide. The geomechanical properties of shale Received 22 January 2015 rocks can have a major impact on the efficiency of shale gas exploration. This paper studied the Received in revised form mineralogical and mechanical characteristics of a typical gas shale in Ohio, USA. Scanning electron mi- 4 March 2015 croscope (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses was employed to measure the micro- Accepted 6 March 2015 Available online 19 March 2015 structure and material composition of the shale rock. The anisotropic behaviors of shale rock, including compressive and tensile strengths, were experimentally measured. The characteristics of shale rock were also studied by nondestructive wave speed measurements. The shale demonstrated strong anisotropic Keywords: Shale rock