A numerical investigation of fracture infilling and spacing in layered rocks subjected to hydro-mechanical loading

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 753-765

  Li, L C ^a   Tang, C A ^a   Wang, S Y ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Damage; Fracture propagation; Heterogeneity; Hydro mechanical behaviour; Numerical simulation; Rock

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANES; CENTRAL LAYERS; CRITICAL VALUE; DAMAGE; FRACTURE INFILLING; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURE SATURATION; FRACTURE SPACING; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; INFILLING; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; INTERFACE DELAMINATION; INTERFACE FRACTURE; INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE; LAYER THICKNESS; LAYER THICKNESS RATIO; LAYERED ROCKS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OVERBURDEN STRESS; STRESS STATE; THREE-LAYER MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADING; ROCKS;

FRACTURE;

DAMAGE; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROMECHANICS; INFILL; INTERFACE; LAYERED MEDIUM; LOADING TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPACING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84866737002     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-011-0194-x     Document Type: Article

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