Equivalent Inclusion Method (EIM) for isotropic and anisotropic spatially oriented spheroidal inhomogeneities: A unified calculation module validated via comparisons …

R Serre, C Nadot-Martin, P Bocher - Mechanics of Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper is centered on the Equivalent Inclusion Method due to Eshelby (1957, 1959,
1961) to solve inhomogeneous ellipsoidal inclusion problems. The objective is to develop a …

Generation of Micro-fracture Clouds in Rocks: Mechanisms and Applications

U Mutlu, G Boitnott, A Lisjak, O Mahabadi… - ARMA US Rock …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Volume increasing or decreasing processes in rocks can lead to inter or intragranular
fractures in subsurface formations. The volume change can be caused by chemical …

An Eshelby solution‐based finite‐element approach to heterogeneous fault‐zone modeling

C Meng, C Gu, B Hager - Seismological Research …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present a fundamental solution‐based finite‐element (FE) method to homogenize
heterogeneous elastic medium, that is, fault zone, under static, and dynamic loading. This …

Quartz stressing and fracturing by pore pressure drop** down to negative pressure

L Mercury, E De Bilbao, P Simon… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In water-bearing porous rocks, pore pressure variations play a major role in deformation,
through dissolution–precipitation and fracturing processes. An often-overlooked variation …

Extending Esh3D code to solve interacting Eshelby's inhomogeneity problems

C Meng - Earth and Space Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
I present a new development of an open source code Esh3D in solving interacting Eshelby's
inhomogeneity problems in whole, half, and finite spaces. The code resolves the interaction …

A crosslink constraint method for modeling episodic dynamic rupture on intersecting faults

C Meng, B Hager - Seismological Research Letters, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present a crosslink constraint method for numerically modeling dynamic slip on
intersecting faults, without prescribing slip (dis‐) continuation directions. The fault …

Elastic medium containing interacting fluid inclusions

C Meng, M Fehler, B Hager - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
We extend the Eshelby's (equivalent) inclusion method to consider ellipsoidal volumes
occupied by fluids of limited compressibility. The new method decomposes the problem into …