Hydromechanics of fractures and fracture networks. A combined numerical multi-scale and experimental investigation (B05)

• Subject Area: Mechanics ; Applied Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 327154368

Goal of the project is to characterize deformable fluid-filled individual cracks and crack networks using experimental, imaging, and numerical methods. In close cooperation with the projects C04 and Z02, sedimentary reservoir rocks and artificial bio-concrete materials are investigated regarding their fatigue-damage behavior. From an experimental perspective, a combination of multi-axial DMA, fatigue-damage experiments, and X-ray Computed Tomography techniques are used. Furthermore, the experimental results are employed to extend multi-scale non-linear hybrid-dimensional fracture models.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1313: Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media - Flow, Transport and Deformation -
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Nowak, until 12/2021; Professor Dr.-Ing. Holger Steeb