Numerical Simulation for Rock Fracture Viscoelastic Creep under Dry Conditions

Table 5

Conclusions for the Maxwell model simulation.

Parameters	Average aperture		Contact ratio
	Initial value	Decrease rate	Initial value	Increase rate
↑	↓	↓	↑	↑
↓	↓	↓	↑	↑
RMS↓	↓	↓	↑	↑

Note: “↓” means decrease and “↑”means increase.