Experimental validation of the tip asymptotics for a fluid-driven crack

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3101-3115

  Bunger, Andrew P ^a   Detournay, Emmanuel ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Crack mechanics; Fluid driven cracks; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; ASYMPTOTICS; BOND BREAKING; CONFINING STRESSES; CRACK MECHANICS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELASTIC MEDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLUID-DRIVEN CRACKS; FULL-FIELD; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; LUBRICATION THEORY; MECHANICAL TESTING; MULTI SCALING; PENNY-SHAPED CRACKS; POWER LAWS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 53249132617     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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