Numerical modelling of coupled flow and deformation in fractured rock specimens

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-160

  Bai, M ^a   Meng, F ^a   Elsworth, D ^b   Abousleiman, Y ^c   Roegiers, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cylindrical co ordinates; Dual porosity; Finite element; Poroelasticity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COUPLED FLOW DEFORMATION; DUAL POROSITY POROELASTIC MODELS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

COUPLING; DEFORMATION; DUAL POROSITY; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROELASTICITY;

EID: 0033081081     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199902)23:2<141::AID-NAG962>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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