Forms and sand transport in shallow hydraulic fractures in residual soil

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1061-1073

  Murdoch, Lawrence C ^a   Richardson, James R ^b   Tan, Qingfeng ^c   Malin, Shaun C ^d   Fairbanks, Cedric ^e  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRx Inc   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Advent Environmental   (United States)

^e South   (United States)

Author keywords

Field test; Hydraulic fracture; Mechanics; Modeling

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FIELD TEST; HYDRAULIC FRACTURES; SAND TRANSPORT;

SOIL MECHANICS;

HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELING; RESIDUAL SOIL; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TEST; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 33846678976     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-063     Document Type: Article

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