Proppant transport in hydraulic fracturing: Crack tip screen-out in KGD and P3D models

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 206-218

  Dontsov, E V ^a   Peirce, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing; Numerical modeling; Proppant transport

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPPANTS;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; PLUG FORMATION; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TIP SCREEN OUTS; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 84929026021     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.02.051     Document Type: Article

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