Numerical simulation of 3D hydraulic fracturing based on an improved flow-stress-damage model and a parallel FEM technique

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 801-818

  Li, L C ^a   Tang, C A ^a   Li, G ^a   Wang, S Y ^b   Liang, Z Z ^a   Zhang, Y B ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coupled fluid and solid deformation; Damage mechanics; Fracture process; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic fracture; Numerical stimulation

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROCESS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NUMERICAL STIMULATIONS; SOLID DEFORMATION;

BOREHOLES; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOADING; MESSAGE PASSING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FRACTURE;

BOREHOLE; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROMECHANICS; INTERFACE; MINING; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SEEPAGE; STIFFNESS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84866731354     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-012-0252-z     Document Type: Article

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