Inverse modeling for estimating fluid-overpressure distributions and stress intensity factors from an arbitrary open-fracture geometry

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-98

  Kusumoto, Shigekazu ^a   Gudmundsson, Agust ^b   Simmenes, Trine H ^c   Geshi, Nobuo ^d   Philipp, Sonja L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aperture variation; Arbitrary overpressure; Fourier cosine series; Fracture mechanics; Inverse modeling; Mode I fracture

Indexed keywords

APERTURE VARIATION; COSINE-SERIES; INVERSE MODELING; MODE I FRACTURE; OVERPRESSURE;

ESTIMATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GNEISS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OVERPRESSURE; STRESS;

EID: 84870858792     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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