Influence of stress on permeability around a borehole in fractured porous media

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Jincai ^a   Roegiers, J C ^b   Spetzler, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole; FEM; Fractured media; Permeability; Porous media; Stress

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; STRESSES;

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; FRACTURED POROUS FORMATIONS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BOREHOLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 3042702407     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.03.089     Document Type: Article

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