Fractal concept in numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing of the hot dry rock geothermal reservoir

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2975-2989

  Fomin, S ^a   Hashida, T ^a   Shimizu, A ^a   Matsuki, K ^a   Sakaguchi, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Fracture; Fractured reservoir; Hydraulic stimulation; Numerical simulation; Shear dilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURING; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOT DRY ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0142151550     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1445     Document Type: Article

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