Abstract The incremental normal compliance of a contact “irregular” (non-elliptical) shape between two elastic half spaces is considered. modeled as external crack. An approximate expression for the stress intensity factor (SIFs) around its boundary, in conjunction with Rice (1975) theorem that interrelates SIFs and crack compliances, are used to evaluate compliance. results cover broad class s...

We propose two possible representative models for a 2D fracture in reservoirs. The first one simulates the fracture as a low-aspect ratio elliptical cylinder. The inner properties of this elliptical cylinder are assumed to be homogeneous and different from the surrounding medium that is also homogenous. This model can approximately describe the actual shape of fractures observed in the field, a...

There are many ways that women support their use of crack cocaine, including sex-for-crack bartering and other forms of prostitution. Empirical studies conducted in the mid-1970s and in the mid-1980s in New York City, and in Chicago in the late 1980s to early 1990s are compared, analyzing similarities and differences between the contemporary crack-prostitution scene and previous prostitution sc...

A novel domain integral approach is introduced for the accurate computation of pointwise Jintegral and stress intensity factors (SIFs) of 3D planar cracks using tetrahedral elements. This method is efficient and easy to implement, and does not require a structured mesh around the crack front. The method relies on the construction of virtual disk-shaped integral domains at points along the crack...