Double-phase-field formulation for mixed-mode fracture in rocks

F Fei, J Choo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cracking of rocks and rock-like materials exhibits a rich variety of patterns where tensile
(mode I) and shear (mode II) fractures are often interwoven. These mixed-mode fractures are …

A phase-field model of frictional shear fracture in geologic materials

F Fei, J Choo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geologic shear fractures such as faults and slip surfaces involve marked friction along the
discontinuities as they are subjected to significant confining pressures. This friction plays a …

Size effects on the strength and cracking behavior of flawed rocks under uniaxial compression: from laboratory scale to field scale

J Choo, Y Sun, F Fei - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
The failure behavior of field-scale rock masses has long been studied indirectly through
laboratory compression tests on rock specimens with preexisting flaws. However, little to no …

Stabilized material point methods for coupled large deformation and fluid flow in porous materials

Y Zhao, J Choo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The material point method (MPM) has been increasingly used for the simulation of large-
deformation processes in fluid-infiltrated porous materials. For undrained poromechanical …

On the preferential flow patterns induced by transverse isotropy and non-Darcy flow in double porosity media

Q Zhang, J Choo, RI Borja - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fluid flow in isotropic porous media with one porosity scale is a well understood process
and a common scenario in numerous simulations published in the literature. However, there …

Fluid flow through anisotropic and deformable double porosity media with ultra-low matrix permeability: A continuum framework

Q Zhang, X Yan, J Shao - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Fractured porous media or double porosity media are common in nature. At the same time,
accurate modeling remains a significant challenge due to bi-modal pore size distribution …

A barrier method for frictional contact on embedded interfaces

Y Zhao, J Choo, Y Jiang, M Li, C Jiang… - Computer Methods in …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a barrier method for treating frictional contact on interfaces embedded in finite
elements. The barrier treatment has several attractive features, including:(i) it does not …

Whole-lung finite-element models for mechanical ventilation and respiratory research applications

N Avilés-Rojas, DE Hurtado - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mechanical ventilation has been a vital treatment for Covid-19 patients with respiratory
failure. Lungs assisted with mechanical ventilators present a wide variability in their …

A locally conservative mixed finite element framework for coupled hydro-mechanical–chemical processes in heterogeneous porous media

T Kadeethum, S Lee, F Ballarin, J Choo… - Computers & Geosciences, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a mixed finite element framework for coupled hydro-mechanical–
chemical processes in heterogeneous porous media. The framework combines two types of …

Performance studies of the fixed stress split algorithm for immiscible two-phase flow coupled with linear poromechanics

S Dana, M Jammoul, MF Wheeler - Computational Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
In this work, we measure the performance of the fixed stress split algorithm for the immiscible
water-oil flow coupled with linear poromechanics. The two-phase flow equations are solved …