Influence of heterogeneity of mechanical properties on hydraulic fracturing in permeable rocks

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-275

  Yang, T H ^a   Tham, L G ^b   Tang, C A ^a   Liang, Z Z ^a   Tsui, Y ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hydraulic fracturing; Permeable rocks; Weibull's function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DAMAGE ANALYSIS; PERMEABLE ROCKS; STRESS FIELDS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 7044239412     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-003-0022-z     Document Type: Article

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