An implicit algorithm for the propagation of a hydraulic fracture with a fluid lag

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 49-52, 2007, Pages 4863-4880

  Lecampion, Brice ^a   Detournay, Emmanuel ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid driven crack; Hydraulic fracture; Moving boundary; Tip cavity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

FINITE LAG; FLUID FRONT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548761354     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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