Numerical simulation of high-pressure rock tensile fracture experiments: Evidence of an increase in fracture energy with pressure?

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• confining pressure 45%
• crack 27%
• distribution 2%
• energy 34%
• experiment 27%
• granite 16%
• laboratory experiment 5%
• limestone 10%
• material 2%
• rock 33%
• simulation 30%
• softening 7%
• tensile strength 7%
• tensile stress 8%
• terminology 7%
• test 10%

Physics & Astronomy

• confining 42%
• crack opening displacement 9%
• crack tips 22%
• cracks 5%
• energy 20%
• granite 28%
• indication 6%
• limestone 19%
• rocks 67%
• simulation 26%
• softening 6%
• tensile strength 6%
• tensile stress 7%
• terminology 9%

Chemical Compounds

• Cylinder 10%
• Displacement 8%
• Fracture Energy 100%
• Pressure 40%
• Simulation 43%
• Size Distribution 8%
• Tensile Strength 8%
• Tension 9%