Comparison between laboratory experiments and coupled simulations of saucer-shaped hydraulic fractures in homogeneous brittle-elastic solids

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1636-1654

  Bunger, Andrew P ^a   Gordeliy, Elizaveta ^b,c   Detournay, Emmanuel ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement discontinuity method; Elastic fracture mechanics; Experimental crack mechanics; Hydraulic fracturing; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

COUPLED SIMULATION; CRACK MECHANICS; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RADIALLY SYMMETRIC;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELASTIC WAVES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LABORATORIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLIDS;

CRACKS;

EID: 84877579780     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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