Table 3 Long-term strength of white sandstone damaged by unloading before peak.

From: Experimental study on uniaxial creep characteristics of sandstone with pre-peak unloading damage

Serial number

Instantaneous strength/MPa

Long-term strength/MPa

Long-term strength/instantaneous strength

DR1-0

50

35.607

0.712

DR2-0

42.5

32.083

0.755

DR3-0

38.5

27.019

0.701

DR4-0

35

25.655

0.733

DR5-0

31.5

22.554

0.716