3D finite element modeling of laboratory hydraulic fracture experiments

72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010: A New Spring for Geoscience. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1023-1043

  Alqahtani, Naif B ^a   Miskimins, Jennifer L ^b  

^a King Abdulaziz for Science and Technology   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LABORATORIES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS; SHEAR STRESS;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; 3D STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS; ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; FRACTURE EXPERIMENTS; HORIZONTAL FRACTURES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESS; MODELING SOFTWARES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78249262293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/130556-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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