A cyclic hydraulic jacking test to determine the in situ stress normal to a fracture

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 695-711

  Rutqvist, J ^a,b   Stephansson, O ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; GRANITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CYCLIC HYDRAULIC JACKING; FRACTURE TRANSMISSIVITY; LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION; ZERO FLOW PRESSURE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

HYDRAULIC JACKING; ROCK; STRESS; TESTING;

FRACTURE DEFORMATION; HYDRAULIC JACKING; IN SITU STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030266402     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0148-9062(96)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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