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.0026a.svgz" name="4252904.fig.0026a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Under isotropic in situ stress field condition</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2018/4252904/figures/4252904.fig.0026b.svgz" name="4252904.fig.0026b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Under anisotropic in situ stress field condition</td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of propagation paths by FDEM-Fluid and Wu et al. [<a href="/journals/geofluids/2018/4252904/#B10">10</a>].</div>

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Figure 26: Modeling Simultaneous Multiple Fracturing Using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method 