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Elastic and Fracture Behavior of Three-Dimensional Ply-to-Ply Angle Interlock Woven Composites: Through-Thickness, Size Effect, and Multiaxial Tests
Weixin Li, Yao Qiao, Joel Fenner +4
This work presents a comprehensive investigation of the elastic and fracture behavior of ply-to-ply angle interlock three-dimensional woven composites. The research investigated no…
Branching of Hydraulic Cracks in Gas or Oil Shale with Closed Natural Fractures: How to Master Permeability
Saeed Rahimi-Agham, Viet-Tuan Chau, Huynjin Lee +7
While the hydraulic fracturing technology, aka fracking (or fraccing, frac), has become highly developed and astonishingly successful, a consistent formulation of the associated fr…
Multiphysics Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling (M-LDPM) for the Simulation of Shale Fracture Permeability
Weixin Li, Xinwei Zhou, J. William Carey +2
A three-dimensional Multiphysics Lattice Discrete Particle Model (M-LDPM) framework is formulated to investigate the fracture permeability behavior of shale. The framework features…
Elastic, strength, and fracture properties of Marcellus shale
Zhefei Jin, Weixin Li, Congrui Jin +2
Shale, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, is the key source rock for many of the world's most important oil and natural gas deposits. A deep understanding of the mechanical propertie…
Characterization of Marcellus Shale Fracture Properties through Size Effect Tests and Computations
Weixin Li, Zhefei Jin, Gianluca Cusatis
Mechanical characterization of shale-like rocks requires understanding the scaling of the measured properties to enable the extrapolation from small scale laboratory tests to field…
A multiscale framework for the simulation of the anisotropic mechanical behavior of shale
Weixin Li, Roozbeh Rezakhani, Congrui Jin +2
Shale, like many other sedimentary rocks, is typically heterogeneous, anisotropic, and is characterized by partial alignment of anisotropic clay minerals and naturally formed beddi…
Elastic Microplane Formulation for Transversely Isotropic Materials
Congrui Jin, Marco Salviato, Weixin Li +1
This contribution investigates the extension of the microplane formulation to the description of transversely isotropic materials such as shale rock, foams, unidirectional composit…
Direct Testing of Gradual PostPeak Softening of Notched Specimens of Fiber Composites Stabilized by Enhanced Stiffness and Mass
Zdenek P. Bazant, Viet T. Chau, Gianluca Cusatis +1
Static and dynamic analysis of the fracture tests of fiber composites in hydraulically servo-controlled testing machines currently in use shows that their grips are much too soft a…