An extended finite element method for hydraulic fracture problems

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-133

  Lecampion, Brice ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

Extended finite element; Fluid driven cracks; Hydraulic fracturing; Tip asymptotics

Indexed keywords

A PLANES; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; FLUID PRESSURES; FRACTURE OPENINGS; FRACTURE WIDTHS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURES; INTERNAL PRESSURES; MATCHING SCHEMES; PARTITION OF UNITIES; SQUARE ROOTS; TIP ASYMPTOTICS; TRANSITION ZONES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; ROCK MECHANICS; VISCOSITY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 65549110384     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1111     Document Type: Article

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