The effect of proppant size on hydraulic fracturing by a slurry

48th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2014

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 881-891

  Dontsov, E V ^a   Peirce, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; JAMMING; MECHANICS; PROPPANTS; ROCK MECHANICS;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; PARABOLIC VELOCITY PROFILE; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; SHEAR-INDUCED MIGRATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84927640686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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