Abstract: This paper investigates the tip region of a hydraulic fracture propagating near a free-surface via the related problem of the steady fluid-driven peeling of a thin elastic layer from a rigid substrate. The solution of this ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation has been conducted to examine the seismic behavior of seven shear-critical, high-strength concrete columns and one normal-strength concrete column. The effects of compressive strength of ...

Abstract: Finite-element methods such as

Abstract: The transverse isotropic (TI) creep behavior of rocks was investigated using laboratory tests and constitutive modelling. Triaxial stepwise and multiple-stage creep tests were performed to investigate the TI creep behavior ...

Abstract: The structure of the layered rocks is characterized by oriented bedding planes, resulting in transverse isotropy in deformation and strength. An elastoplastic constitutive model was proposed for transversely isotropic (TI) ...