An implicit level set method for modeling hydraulically driven fractures

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 197, Issue 33-40, 2008, Pages 2858-2885

  Peirce, Anthony ^a   Detournay, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; Hydraulic fracture; Level set; Moving front

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

DEGENERATE LUBRICATION EQUATION; EIKONAL EQUATION; HYPERSINGULAR ELASTIC INTEGRAL EQUATION; LEVEL SET ALGORITHM;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

EID: 44749092985     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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