Numerical modeling of hydraulic fracture problem in permeable medium using cohesive zone model

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 312-328

  Carrier, Benoit ^a,b   Granet, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone model; Finite element analysis; Hydraulic fracture; Hydro mechanical coupling

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FULLY-COUPLED; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; LUBRICATION EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROELASTIC MEDIUM; PROPAGATION REGIMES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; VISCOSITY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84855197325     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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