On a 2D hydro-mechanical lattice approach for modelling hydraulic fracture

DOI10.1016/J.JMPS.2014.11.011zbMATH Open1349.74033arXiv1411.7901OpenAlexW2082357935MaRDI QIDQ339901FDOQ339901

S. J. Wheeler, D. Gallipoli, Peter Grassl, C. Fahy

Publication date: 11 November 2016

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A 2D lattice approach to describe hydraulic fracturing is presented. The interaction of fluid pressure and mechanical response is described by Biot's theory. The lattice model is applied to the analysis of a thick-walled cylinder, for which an analytical solution for the elastic response is derived. The numerical results obtained with the lattice model agree well with the analytical solution. Furthermore, the coupled lattice approach is applied to the fracture analysis of the thick-walled cylinder. It is shown that the proposed lattice approach provides results that are independent of the mesh size. Moreover, a strong geometrical size effect on nominal strength is observed which lies between analytically derived lower and upper bounds. This size effect decreases with increasing Biot's coefficient.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.7901

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zbMATH Keywords

latticedamagehydraulic fracturehydro-mechanical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theories of fracture and damage (74A45) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10)

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• OOFEM

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