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Many problems in subsurface rocks which are naturally filled with saturated cracks and pores (with one or more fluid phases) are better understood in a poroelastic framework. Displacement discontinuity method (DDM) is particularly ideal for problems involving fractures and discontinuities. However, the DDM in its original form is limited to elastic problems. The paper derives fundamental solutions of a poroelastic DDM. Then introduces a numerical formulation and implementation for the poroelastic DDM in a code named constant element poroelastic DDM (CEP-DDM). The accuracy and validity of the proposed solution and the newly developed code is verified by an analytical solution at short-time and long-time. Numerical results showed good agreement with analytical results at short time (undrained response) and long time (\(t=8000\) s) (drained response). A crack propagation scheme for crack propagation problems is introduced and demonstrated in an example which enables the code to follow crack propagation in time and space.
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where \(\xi =\sqrt{\frac{r^{2}}{4ct}}\).
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Abdollahipour, A., Marji, M.F., Bafghi, A.Y. et al. Time-dependent crack propagation in a poroelastic medium using a fully coupled hydromechanical displacement discontinuity method. Int J Fract 199, 71–87 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-016-0095-9
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