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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2020.30.6.573

Grain-Based Distinct Element Modelling of the Mechanical Behavior of a Single Fracture Embedded in Rock: DECOVALEX-2023 Task G (Benchmark Simulation)  

Park, Jung-Wook (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Park, Chan-Hee (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Yoon, Jeoung Seok (DynaFrax UG)
Lee, Changsoo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.30, no.6, 2020 , pp. 573-590 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents the current status of DECOVALEX-2023 project Task G and our research results so far. Task G, named 'Safety ImplicAtions of Fluid Flow, Shear, Thermal and Reaction Processes within Crystalline Rock Fracture NETworks (SAFENET)' aims at developing a numerical method to simulate the fracture creation and propagation, and the coupled thermohydro-mechanical processes in fracture in crystalline rocks. The first research step of Task G is a benchmark simulation, which is designed for research teams to make their modelling codes more robust and verify whether the models can represent an analytical solution for displacements of a single rock fracture. We reproduced the mechanical behavior of rock and embedded single fracture using a three-dimensional grain-based distinct element model for the simulations. In this method, the structure of the rock was represented by an assembly of rigid tetrahedral grains moving independently of each other, and the mechanical interactions at the grains and their contacts were calculated using 3DEC. The simulation results revealed that the stresses induced along the embedded fracture in the model were relatively low compared to those calculated by stress analysis due to stress redistribution and constrained fracture displacements. The fracture normal and shear displacements of the numerical model showed good agreement with the analytical solutions. The numerical model will be enhanced by continuing collaboration and interaction with other research teams of DECOVALEX-2023 Task G and validated using various experiments in a further study.
Keywords
Rock Fracture; DECOVALEX-2023; Grain-Based Distinct Element Model; 3DEC;
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