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Appliance of the Extended Finite Element Method in Geomechanics
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009, Jun 2009, cp-127-00339
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-67-2
Abstract
Crack propagation weakens the integrity of a structure, e.g., of rock mass and may eventually lead to failure of a whole structure. Since physical experiments to study the complex nature of rock mass behaviour and related fracturing are often not feasible