Coupled flow-deformation analysis of hot dry rock stimulation

Geothermal Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 259-279

  Vychytil, J ^a   Horii, H ^a   Hayashi, Kazuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow deformation; Hot dry rock; Mechanical response; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROCK MECHANICS;

FLOW DEFORMATION; HYDROFRACTURING; MECHANICAL RESPONSE;

HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032817793     PISSN: 08905363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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