Papers

Following are some papers related to our work:

• Fracture Mechanics
  • "On Using Combined Experiment/Analysis to Generate Dynamic Critical Stress Intensity Data," D. V. Swenson and A. R. Ingraffea, Fracture Mechanics: Nineteenth Symposium, ASTM STP 969, T. A. Cruse, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1987, pp. 405-426.
  • "Simulation of the Fracture Process of Rock Interfaces" J. J. Boone, A. R. Ingraffea, D.V. Swenson, 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fracture Mechanics, San Antonio, Texas, 23-27 March, 1987.
  • "Modeling Mixed-Mode Dynamic Crack Propagation Using Finite Elements: Theory and Applications," D. V. Swenson and A. R. Ingraffea, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 3, pp. 381-397, 1988.
  • "A Numerical Model of Gas-Driven Fractures with an Application to Borehole Stimulation", J. M. Roberts, D. V. Swenson, presented at ASME International Conference on Computers in Engineering, July 31-August 3, 1988, San Francisco, CA.
  • "Finite Element Analysis of Edge Cracking in Plates," D. V. Swenson, Nanda Kaushik, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 641-652, 1990.
  • "The Collapse of the Schoharie Creek Bridge: A Case Study in Concrete Fracture Mechanics," Daniel V. Swenson and Anthony R. Ingraffea, International Journal of Fracture 51: 73-92, 1991, Z. P. Bazant (ed.), Current Trends in Concrete Fracture Research.
  • "Polymer Reinforcements for Retarding Fatigue Crack Growth in Metals," Alan T. Zehnder, Daniel V. Swenson, and Thomas J. Peinkos, submitted to International Journal of Fracture. Abstract.

• Geothermal Energy
  • "An Implicitly Coupled Model of Fluid Flow in Jointed Rock," Daniel Swenson and Mel Beikmann, Proceedings of the 33rd U. S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, J. R. Tillerson and W. R. Wawersik, Eds., Santa Fe, NM, June 3-5, 1992.
  • "Preventing Short-Circuiting of Flow in Hot Dry Rock Reservoirs," R. DuTeau, T. Sprecker, D. Swenson, presented at Geothermal Resources Council 1994 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2-5, 1994.
  • "Modeling Flow in a Jointed Geothermal Reservoir," Daniel Swenson, Robert DuTeau and Timothy Sprecker, presented at World Geothermal Congress 1995, Florence, Italy, May 18-30, 1995.
  • "Insight Gained from GEOCRACK, a Discrete Fracture Reservoir Model," Robert DuTeaux, Brain Hardeman, and Daniel Swenson, presented at 21st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, January 22-24, 1996, Stanford Geothermal Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • "Comparing Reactive and Non-Reactive Tracers to Measure Changes in Liquid Dominated, Fractured Geothermal Resevoirs," Robert DuTeaux and Timothy Callahan, presented at Geothermal Resouce Council meeting, 1996. Paper (Word 7.0 format, self-extracting compressed file, 145 KB)
  • "The Effects of Thermal Deformation on Flow in a Jointed Geothermal Reservoir," Daniel Swenson and Brian Hardeman, to be presented at 36th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 29-July2, 1997, Columbia University, NY, NY. Abstract
  • "Using Thermal Drawdown and Recovery Signatures to Identify Injection Intervals," Daniel Swenson, Brian Hardeman, Proceedings, Twenty-First Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 27-29, 1997 Abstract

• Storage Tanks with Frangible Roof Joints
  • "An Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frangible Joint Failure in Tanks Designed to API 650 Rules," Daniel Swenson, Zhi Lu, and Donald Fenton, presented at Eighth International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology, Montreal, Canada, July 21-25, 1996.
  • "Frangible Roof Joint Behavior of Cylindrical Oil Storage Tanks Designed to API 650 Rules," Z. Lu, D. Swenson, and D. Fenton, accepted for publication in ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. Abstract.

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