Deformation evolves from shear to extensile in rocks due to energy optimization

Abstract Determining how fracture network development leads to macroscopic failure in heterogeneous materials may help estimate the timing of failure in rocks in the upper crust as well as in engineered structures. The proportion of extensile and shear deformation produced by fracture development in...

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Main Authors: Jess McBeck, Benoît Cordonnier, Michele Cooke, Laura Fattaruso, François Renard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01023-w