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Aug 2026
Poromechanical toughening in tensile fracture of saturated solids
Fracture in fluid-saturated porous solids is governed not only by solid mechanics but also by fluid flow within the pore space. In systems ranging from geomaterials to biological tissues, deformation in the near-tip region perturbs pore pressure and thereby alters crack growth. Yet these pore-fluid effects have largely...
A. Guggisberg, Mehana Allache, P. Braun et al.
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