The role of rock joint frictional strength in the containment of fracture propagation
- Submitting institution
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1625
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1007/s11440-016-0512-2
- Title of journal
- Acta Geotechnica
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- First page
- 897
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1861-1133
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2016
- 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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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This research impacts the state-of-art because it demonstrates the effects of the characteristics of discontinuities on hydraulic fracturing in underground rock formations, thereby informing the construction of future models. The dependency of geomechanical processes on the frictional characteristics of rock joints was assessed during fluid pressure perturbations by a particle–fluid coupled modelling method. One of the main research outputs is the development of constitutive equations that correlate rock frictional strength with the type and severity of fracturing in rock masses.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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