The hydraulic and mechanical response of an oil sand fracture under a varying confining pressure

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 262-271

  Walters, D A ^a   Wong, R C K ^b  

^a Duke Engineering and Services   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer assisted tomograhy; Fracture aperture; Fracture roughness; Hydraulic conductivity; Oil sand

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OIL SAND;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE ROUGHNESS; OIL SAND;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033237116     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-099     Document Type: Article

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