Transient solution for a plane-strain fracture driven by a shear-thinning, power-law fluid

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1439-1475

  Garagash, D I ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing; Non Newtonian fluids; Power law fluids; Self similar solutions

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; TOUGHNESS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

POWER-LAW FLUIDS; SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTIONS; SHEAR-THINNING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; TOUGHNESS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PLANE STRAIN; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 33750991892     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.535     Document Type: Article

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