Abstract Development of numerical methods for hydraulic fracture simulation has
accelerated in the past two decades. Recent advances in hydraulic fracture modeling and …

Magma transport in brittle rock occurs by diking. Understanding the dynamics of diking and
its observable consequences is essential to deciphering magma propagation in volcanic …

We introduce a novel experimental and modeling approach to perform lab-scale multistage
hydraulic fracturing in Poly-Methyl-Meth-Acrylate (PMMA) and study pressure-based …

A new test configuration called the edge notched disc bend specimen is suggested for
investigating mixed mode I/III fracture behavior. The proposed specimen is a circular disc …

Planar crack propagation under pure tension loading (mode I) is generally stable. However,
it becomes universally unstable with the superposition of a shear stress parallel to the crack …

The phase-field model has been employed for fracture analysis over the last decade. One of
the main advantages is that the fracture evolution does not depend on any explicit criterion …

Micro seismic data and coring studies suggest that hydraulic fractures interact heavily with
natural fractures creating complex fracture networks in naturally fractured reservoirs such as …

Analog, or physical, models have been used to investigate problems in structural geology
and tectonics for over two centuries. Together with field observations and theoretical …

Disjunctive, spaced solution cleavage in carbonate rocks is genetically associated with the
propagation of the left-lateral, strike-slip Mattinata Fault in the Gargano Promontory, Italy …

Structural methods based on homogeneous stress states predict that joints growing in an
extending crust form with strike orientations identical to normal faults. However, we …