A Novel Numerical Algorithm for Simulation of Initiation, Propagation and Coalescence of Flaws Subject to Internal Fluid Pressure and Vertical Stress in the Framework of General Particle Dynamics - Bi, J.; Zhou, X. P. (Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 2017)
Keywords: Atoms & subatomic particles; Bonding; Civil Engineering; Coalescence; Coalescing; Compressive properties; Computer simulation; Crack propagation; Cracks; Damage; Defects; Dynamics; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Fissure water; Fluid dynamics; Fluid pressure; Fracture mechanics; Fractures; Frameworks; Geophysics/Geodesy; Hydraulic pressure; Hydrostatic pressure; Mathematical models; Methods; Numerical analysis; Original Paper; Pressure; Propagation; Rocks; Simulation; Stress analysis; Stress propagation; Tips; Vertical air currents; Water pressure; Propagation paths of cracks; Coupling effects of the vertical stress and the internal hydraulic pressure; General Particle Dynamics (GPD); Rock fracturing; Hoek–Brown criterion; Crack initiation