3D poroelastic analysis of rock failure around a hydraulic fracture

44th US Rock Mechanics Symposium - 5th US/Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ghassemi, A ^a   Zhou, X X ^a   Rawal, C ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; CUT-OFF; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; FAILURE ZONE; FRACTURE WALLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INJECTION RATES; MODEL FORMULATION; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; POROELASTIC; ROCK FAILURES; SHEAR FAILURE; SOLUTION PROCEDURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRESS; WEAK ROCK;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PORE PRESSURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER INJECTION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78751504958     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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