An approach to hydraulic fracture in geomaterials through a porous brittle damage material model

Abstract A coupled hydromechanical code based on a distributed brittle damage material model has been developed in order to simulate hydraulic fracturing processes. As specific feature, the code does not assume the development of a discrete number of sharp cracks but considers a diffused damage that...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Caramiello, Andrea Montanino, Gabriele Della Vecchia, Anna Pandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40323-018-0117-4