Numerical modelling to predict fracturing rock (Thanet chalk) due to naturally occurring faults and fluid pressure
- Submitting institution
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1624
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jsg.2018.07.021
- Title of journal
- Journal of Structural Geology
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- First page
- 12
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0191-8141
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The DEM (Discrete Element Method) model was used to validate and improve Boundary Element and Finite Element models developed by RDR and to provide further insights regarding releasing and restraining strike-slip fault bends. The work led to the development of robust numerical models by RDR to study the controlling factors that influence the characteristics of fractures around chalk outcrops in Thanet, UK and was part of the Fracture Foundation project to investigate the trend of stress around large faults. Rules and criteria governing the initiation, distribution and orientation of fracture around pre-existing subsurface faults were established.
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- Non-English
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