The distinct element analysis for hydraulic fracturing considering the fluid viscosity

43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shimizu, H ^a   Murata, S ^a   Ishida, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEM SIMULATION; DISTINCT ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID VISCOSITY; HIGHLY VISCOUS FLUIDS; INFLUENCE OF FLUID; MEASUREMENT DATA; MEASUREMENT EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION RESULT; TENSILE CRACK; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACKS; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLUIDS;

EID: 70450212165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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