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This chapter provides five representative case studies employing FRACOD, including 1) Borehole Breakout; 2) Tunnel EDZ; 3) LNG Underground Cavern; 4) Pillar Spalling; and 4) UCS and Brazilian Test. These cases cover various aspects of modern rock mechanics and aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of the fracture mechanics approach.

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  1. CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Baotang Shen

  2. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

    Ove Stephansson

  3. School of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geoengineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

    Mikael Rinne

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Shen, B., Stephansson, O., Rinne, M. (2014). Application Case Studies. In: Modelling Rock Fracturing Processes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6904-5_14

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