Poroelastic rock failure analysis around multiple hydraulic fractures using a BEM/FEM model

45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rawal, C ^a   Ghassemi, A ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; CUT-OFF; FLUID INJECTIONS; FRACTURE WALLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; INTACT ROCKS; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; POROELASTIC; POROELASTIC NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK FAILURES; SHEAR FAILURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRESS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 82555182623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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