Microcrack-based coupled damage and flow modeling of fracturing evolution in permeable brittle rocks

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 226-244

  Lu, Y L ^a,b   Elsworth, D ^b   Wang, L G ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Finite element method; Hydraulic fracturing; Hydro mechanical coupling; Microcracks

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE WALL; BREAKDOWN PRESSURE; BRITTLE ROCKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DAMAGE; DAMAGE MODEL; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; HYDRO-MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; LOCAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; LOCALIZED FAILURE; LOWER LIMITS; MICROCRACK GROWTH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION; PERMEABLE ROCKS; PORO-ELASTICITY; POROELASTIC BEHAVIOR; POST-PEAK STRENGTH; PRESSURIZATION RATES; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; REALISTIC ROCKS; ROCK ENGINEERING; STRESS DROP; THEORETICAL RESULT;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW CONTROL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCRACKS; PRESSURIZATION; ROCKS;

FRACTURE;

BIOT THEORY; BOREHOLE; COMPRESSION; DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE INITIATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; POROELASTICITY; STIFFNESS;

EID: 84871717512     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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