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  2. Fracture - Wikipedia

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    Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress.The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid.

  3. Fracture (geology) - Wikipedia

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    A fractured rock in the Eastern Cape in South Africa, a mechanism of brittle deformation in response to stress. A fracture is any separation in a geologic formation, such as a joint or a fault that divides the rock into two or more pieces. A fracture will sometimes form a deep fissure or crevice in the rock.

  4. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve: Holstein-Lewis fracture at Orthopedic Weblinks Holdsworth fracture: Sir Frank Wild Holdsworth: unstable spinal fracture-dislocation at the thoracolumbar junction: Thoracic Spine Fractures and Dislocations at eMedicine: Hume fracture: A.C. Hume

  5. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    An open fracture (or compound fracture) is a bone fracture where the broken bone breaks through the skin. [2] A bone fracture may be the result of high force impact or stress , or a minimal trauma injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis , osteopenia , bone cancer , or osteogenesis imperfecta ...

  6. Fracking - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic fracturing [a] is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening agents) into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep rock formations through which natural gas, petroleum ...

  7. Fracking by country - Wikipedia

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    Germany also had the largest hydraulic fracturing jobs in Europe, using up to 650 tonnes of proppant per well. Most German fracs used water- or oil-based gels. [34] The most popular target formation for hydraulic fracturing was the Rotliegend Sandstone. Hydraulically fractured wells are today the source of most of German natural gas production ...

  8. Open fracture - Wikipedia

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    Open fracture with adequate soft tissue coverage of a fractured bone despite extensive soft tissue laceration or flaps, or high-energy trauma (gunshot and farm injuries) regardless of the size of the wound [14] [15] IIIB: Open fracture with extensive soft-tissue loss and periosteal stripping and bone damage. Usually associated with massive ...

  9. Deformation mechanism - Wikipedia

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    Fracturing is a brittle deformation process that creates permanent linear breaks, that are not accompanied by displacement within materials. [1] [3] These linear breaks or openings can be independent or interconnected. [1] [2] For fracturing to occur, the ultimate strength of the materials need to be exceeded to a point where the material ...