Hydraulic fracturing treatment is one of the most efficient conventional matrix stimulation
techniques currently utilized in the petroleum industry. However, due to the spatiotemporal …

Meltwater flowing as groundwater from beneath the margin of an ice sheet determines the
distribution of sub-surface heads and effective pressures. A subglacial groundwater flow …

The maximum tensile stress criterion and the Mohr-Coulomb criterion are incorporated into
the extended non-ordinary state-based peridynamics (NOSB-PD) to simulate the initiation …

This paper presents an experimental study on brittle–ductile transition, shear behaviour, the
formation of shear fractures in shales and mudrocks, and the hydraulic properties of shales …

With reference to the experimental observation of crack initiation and propagation from pre-
existing flaws in rock specimens under compression, the influences of pre-existing flaw …

The present study evaluates the discrete element method (DEM) as a tool for understanding
the step-path failure mechanism in fractured rock masses. Initially, the study simulates crack …

Since natural fractures are often non-equidimensional, the circular disc model still has great
limitations. By contrast, the elliptical disc model is more applicable to representing natural …

The effect of hole size on fracture initiation around cavities in rock is examined through
physical model tests on Tyndall limestone. Twenty five models, employing nine different hole …

Fractured rock is the host or foundation for innumerable engineered structures related to
energy, water, waste, and transportation. Characterizing, modeling, and monitoring fractured …

Tensile and shear fractures are fundamental brittle fractures that are usually observed in
rock failure processes. Investigating the mesoscopic morphology of shear and tensile …