Photoelastic and numerical investigation of stress distributions around fault models under biaxial compressive loading conditions

Tectonophysics

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-43

  de Joussineau, Ghislain ^a   Petit, Jean Pierre ^a   Gauthier, Bertrand D M ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biaxial compressive load; Fluid flow; Isotropic points and zones; Photoelasticity; Stress contours; Stress trajectories

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TEST; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FAULT GEOMETRY; FLUID FLOW; LOADING; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 0037456233     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00648-0     Document Type: Article

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