Modelling stress-dependent permeability in fractured rock including effects of propagating and bending fractures

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-112

  Latham, John Paul ^a   Xiang, Jiansheng ^a   Belayneh, Mandefro ^b   Nick, Hamidreza M ^c   Tsang, Chin Fu ^a,d   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Senergy Oil and Gas Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Fluid flow; Fracture matrix; Fracturing; Hydro mechanical coupling; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHEARING; STRESSES;

COMPLEX SYSTEM MODELLING; FLUID-FLOW; FRACTURE MATRIX; FRACTURED ROCK; FRACTURING; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; INSITU STRESS; MODELING PLATFORMS; ON FLOW; STRESS-DEPENDENT;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HYDROMECHANICS; IN SITU STRESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 84867744697     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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