Effective Elastic and Hydraulic Properties of Fractured Rock Masses with High Contrast of Permeability: Numerical Calculation by an Embedded Fracture Continuum Approach

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Three loading sets: uniaxial compression in the x direction (case a) (a), uniaxial compression in the y direction (case b) (b), and pure shear test (case c) (c) to determine five homogenized components S₂₂, S₂₃, S₃₂, S₃₃, and S₄₄ of fractured rock masses.

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