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Combining active and passive acoustic methods to image hydraulic fracture growth in laboratory experiments

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How contained hydraulic fractures emerge from layers of alternating fracture toughness

An adaptive phase field approach to 3D internal crack growth in rocks

Two-dimensional quasi-static delamination in composite laminates under Mode-I and Mode-II conditions

Propagation of planar three-dimensional buoyant hydraulic fractures

Three-dimensional hydraulic fracture propagation in homogeneous and heterogeneous media

INFLUENCE OF VOIDS ON THICK DCB JOINT BEHAVIOR

Elongated hydraulic fracture emerging from layers of alternating fracture toughness

Modeling of solids particle diversion to promote uniform growth of multiple hydraulic fractures

Three-dimensional buoyant hydraulic fractures: finite volume release

CRACK SHIELDING MECHANISMS OF INTERLAYERED EPOXY MATERIALS UNDER QUASI-STATIC AND FATIGUE LOADING

Arrest Mechanisms of Buoyant Hydraulic Fractures

Determining crack kinematics from imaged crack patterns

Experimental Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Closure in a Porous Sandstone

Experimental investigation of hydraulic fracture growth in an anisotropic rock with pre-existing discontinuities under different propagation regimes

Prediction of crack nucleation and propagation in porous ceramics using the phase-field approach

Partial discharge localization in power transformers using acoustic time reversal

Effects of velocity-dependent apparent toughness on the pre- and post-shut-in growth of a hydraulic fracture

Swelling and shrinkage of partially saturated gas shales: from laboratory tests to an effective stress framework

Plasma-based Electroacoustic Actuator for Broadband Sound Absorption

Hydraulic fracture growth in quasi-brittle materials