The hydraulic fracturation of colloidal gels;La fracturation hydraulique des gels colloïdaux

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIb: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-227

  Abdelhaye, Yehdih ^a   Daccord, Gérard ^b   Duval, Franck ^a   Louge, Alain ^a   Van Damme, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

Clay; Fracture; Gel; Hydraulic fracturing; Instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444263765     PISSN: 12874620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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