Can tensile stress develop in fractured multilayers under compressive strain conditions?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 432, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 51-62

  de Joussineau, Ghislain ^a   Petit, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Biaxial compressive strain; Elastic multilayers; Fracture aperture; Franc 2D; Joint development; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TEST; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE APERTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 33846856266     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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