A PKN hydraulic fracturing model with piecewise fluid rheology

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Huang, H ^a   Desroches, J ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURING PROCESS; MOVING MESH ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 85055144201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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