Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture in Unsaturated Soils with High Degree of Saturation

A numerical simulation approach of hydraulic fracture process, considering the couplings of the stress distribution, the fluid flow of the water-air mixture, the compression and dissolution of air, and the element damage evolution, has been developed to investigate the mechanisms of crack initiation...

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Main Authors: Tielin Chen, Liangyi Zhang, Dingli Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/981056