The influence of crack shape on the effective elasticity of fractured rocks

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Vasconcelos, Ivan ^b   Kachanov, Mark ^c  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fracture; Rocks

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK SHAPE; ROCK FRACTURE;

ROCKS;

ELASTICITY; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 33748862389     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2240112     Document Type: Article

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