Empirical and numerical approaches for geomechanical characterization of coal seam reservoirs

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 204-212

  Deisman, Nathan ^a   Mas Ivars, Diego ^b   Darcel, Caroline ^c   Chalaturnyk, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Itasca Geomekanik AB   (Sweden)

^c Itasca Consultants SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Deformation; GSI; Scale effects; Strength; Synthetic Rock Mass

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY DEFORMATION; BOREHOLE STABILITY; CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL; COAL SEAMS; CONFINING STRESS; DEFORMATION THEORY; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOLOGICAL STRENGTH INDEX; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; JOINT STIFFNESS; JOINT SURFACES; JOINTED ROCK MASS; LARGER FIELDS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE MODEL; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; ROCK JOINT; ROCK MASS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SCALE EFFECTS; SMALL SAMPLES;

ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; ROCK MECHANICS;

ROCKS;

ANISOTROPY; COAL SEAM; DEFORMATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOMECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SCALE EFFECT; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH;

EID: 77952743163     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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