Shear-enhanced compaction and strain localization: Inelastic deformation and constitutive modeling of four porous sandstones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Baud, Patrick ^a   Vajdova, Veronika ^b,c   Wong, Teng Fong ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Grant Prideco Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDSTONE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34547885836     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004101     Document Type: Article

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