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Development of a crack created by hydraulic fracturing in a compressed block structure rock

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The authors estimated trajectory of a created crack in a block-structured rock mass during hydraulic fracturing, and analyzed effect of the parameters of the block medium and two-axis compression field on the main crack trajectory and on the opening of lineal segments of the crack.

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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 5, pp. 28–33, September–October, 2010

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Martynyuk, P.A., Sher, E.N. Development of a crack created by hydraulic fracturing in a compressed block structure rock. J Min Sci 46, 510–515 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10913-010-0064-z

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