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Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation
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Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation

by Alphose Zingoni
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
960 pages
47h 2m
English
CRC Press
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Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Propagation of non-planar pressurized cracks from a borehole
J.A.L. Napier
Department of Mining Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
E. Detournay
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
CSIRO Earth Science and Resources Engineering, Australia
ABSTRACT: The in-situ stress field plays a crucial role in determining the orientation and shape of fractures
that are initiated from a borehole. The paper outlines some investigations into the initial propagation of fractures
from a pressurized ...
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