DEM Modeling of Interaction Between the Propagating Fracture and Multiple Pre-existing Cemented Discontinuities in Shale

It is known that pre-existing discontinuities can act as planes of weakness that divert the propagating fractures in rocks, but previous studies have mostly focused on the interaction between the propagating fractures and a single pre-existing discontinuity. The influences of multiple pre-existing c...

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