Extension of the Griffith's fracture criteria to saturated clays

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-288

  Degue K M ^a   Soulie M ^a   Ladanyi, B ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective stress; Fracture mechanics; Pore pressure; Poroelastic media; Saturated clay; Total stress; Two phase material

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRACKS; FRACTURE; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ELASTIC MATERIALS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLAY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0037627749     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.271     Document Type: Article

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