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Surprising fracture path deflection in liquid crystal elastomers revealed

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are heavily employed in the field of soft robotics because they exhibit the such programmable reversible shape changing and anisotropic mechanical response. But new ...
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Integrated fracture models require space-, time-dependent parameters

Based on “Far-Field Drainage along Hydraulic Fractures: Insights from Integrated Modeling Studies in the Bakken and Permian Basin,” SPE-223567-MS, SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and ...