Two inclined parallel fractures in an infinite rock mass are subjected to uniaxial compressive stress of 50MPa. The inclinations of the fractures are 45°. The material properties of the rock mass and fractures are the same as in Examples 1 and 3.
The fractures are found to propagate and coalesce in mode I.
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Two inclined fractures subjected to uniaxial compression
SYMMETRY -- Model symmetry
3 0.00 0.00
MODULUS - Poisson's Ratio and Young's modulus
0.25 0.40E+11
TOUGHNESS -- Gic and Giic
50. 1000.
PROPERIES -- mat, kn. ks,phi,coh
1 0.10E+13 0.10E+13 30.0 0.00E+00
SWINDOW -- xll,xur,yll,yur,numx,numy
-5.00 5.00 -5.00 5.00 30 30
STRESSES -- sxx,syy,sxy
-0.0E+07 -0.50E+08 0.00E+00
FRACTURE -- nume,xbeg,ybeg,xend,yend,kode,mat
15 0.000 0.500 1.000 1.500 2 1
CYCL 1000
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