Hydro-Mechanical Coupling of Shear-Induced Rock Fracture

Widespread influence of fluids on rock strength anddeformation characteristics from grain-scale tolithospheric-scale has led to a necessity ofunderstanding the hydro-mechanical coupling instrength deformation and fracturing behaviors ofrock materials.This book provides experimental and numericalapproaches for investigating the effects ofhydro-mechanical coupling on shear-induced rockfractures using Punch Through Shear experiments and2D hydro-mechanical coupled bonded particle modelsimulations.Especiallythis book presents how the conventional 2Dbonded particle modeling was modified to handle thehydro-mechanical coupling processes in rock and alsodeals with a new method for microparameterdetermination for bonded particle model generation.Therefore this book should be helpful to anyone whomay be considering using the bonded particle model insimulations of rock fracturing in geotechncal problems.