Eduardo T Lima Junior1, Wilson S Venturini2, Ahmed Benallal3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.78, No.3&4, pp. 169-184, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.078.169
Abstract Some considerations on the numerical analysis of brittle rocks are presented in this paper. The rock is taken as a poro-elastic domain, in full-saturated condition, based on the Biot's Theory. The solid matrix of this porous medium is considered to be susceptible to isotropic damage occurrence. An implicit boundary element method (BEM) formulation, based on time-independent fundamental solutions, is developed and implemented to couple the fluid flow and two-dimensional elastostatics problems. The integration over boundary elements is evaluated by using a numerical Gauss procedure. A semi-analytical scheme for the case of triangular domain cells is More >