The effects of gas adsorption on swelling, viscoplastic creep and permeability of sub-bituminous coal

45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yang, Y ^a   Zoback, M D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL SAMPLE; CREEP STRAIN; DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; FLOW PROPERTIES; HYDROSTATIC CONDITIONS; LANGMUIR-TYPE ADSORPTION; POWDER RIVER BASIN; PURE COMPONENTS; SATURATING GAS; STEADY STATE; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; SWELLING STRAIN; TEST GAS; VISCOPLASTIC; WYOMING;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREEP; DESORPTION; GAS ADSORPTION; HYSTERESIS; ROCK MECHANICS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 82555164531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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