Coupled geomechanical simulations of UCG cavity evolution

26th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2009, PCC 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 696-703

  Morris, Joseph P ^a   Buscheck, Thomas A ^a   Hao, Yue ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC RESPONSE; DISTINCT ELEMENT CODE; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; GEOMECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION;

AQUIFERS; CARBONIZATION; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SUBSIDENCE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84877666829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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