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Numerical Analysis of Perforation during Hydraulic Fracture Initiation Based on Continuous–Discontinuous Element Method

Rui Zhang¹, Lixiang Wang^2,*, Jing Li^1,4, Chun Feng², Yiming Zhang^1,3,4,*

1 School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300401, China
2 Key Laboratory for Mechanics in Fluid Solid Coupling Systems, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
3 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
4 Jinyun Institute, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Lishui, 321400, China

* Corresponding Authors: Lixiang Wang. Email: ; Yiming Zhang. Email: