Modeling Simultaneous Multiple Fracturing Using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2018/4252904/figures/4252904.fig.0015a.svgz" name="4252904.fig.0015a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Sample geometry</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2018/4252904/figures/4252904.fig.0015b.svgz" name="4252904.fig.0015b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Sample cross section</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2018/4252904/figures/4252904.fig.0015c.svgz" name="4252904.fig.0015c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Model mesh</td></tr></table>

<div>A cubic specimen with preset fractures.</div>

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Figure 15: Modeling Simultaneous Multiple Fracturing Using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method 