Lower-dimensional interface elements with local enrichment: Application to coupled hydro-mechanical problems in discretely fractured porous media

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1010-1034

  Watanabe, N ^a,b   Wang, W ^a   Taron, J ^a   Gorke U J ^a   Kolditz, O ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Extended finite element method; Finite element method; Poromechanics

Indexed keywords

COUPLED PROBLEMS; DISCONTINUITY; DISCONTINUOUS DISPLACEMENT; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FLUID INJECTIONS; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; HYDRO-MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; INTERFACE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; MEDIA SYSTEMS; MESH-DEPENDENCY; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PORO-MECHANICS; PREEXISTING FRACTURE; REFERENCE SOLUTION; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; ROCK MATERIALS; SINGLE FRACTURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84860249652     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3353     Document Type: Article

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