An implicit level set method for modeling hydraulically driven fractures

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2008.01.013zbMath1194.74534OpenAlexW2007147863MaRDI QIDQ2638010

Emmanuel Detournay, Anthony P. Peirce

Publication date: 14 September 2010

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2008.01.013

zbMATH Keywords

fracture mechanicslevel sethydraulic fracturemoving front

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