Hydraulic fracture propagation in naturally fractured reservoirs: Complex fracture or fracture networks [PDF]
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2019 Understanding the behavior of fluid-driven hydraulic fracture in naturally fractured reservoirs is crucial in the development of geothermal energy and unconventional reservoirs. This study presents a fully-coupled numerical model to investigate hydraulic propagation in naturally fractured reservoirs, along with a comprehensive discussion on field ...
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The Investigation on Initiation and Propagation of Hydraulic Fractures in Shale Reservoir
Geofluids, 2021 Hydraulic fracturing is a necessary technique for shale gas exploitation. In order to have efficient stimulation treatment, a complex fracture network has to be developed, whereas with rich bedding planes and natural fractures, the mechanism of forming a
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The effect of elevated temperature exposure on the fracture toughness of solid wood and structural wood composites [PDF]
, 2004 This is the author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Springer and can be found at: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/forestry/journal/226.Fracture toughness of wood and wood ...
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Hybrid phase-field modeling of multi-level concrete gravity dam notched cracks
Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2022 Phase-field models have become a powerful tool to simulate crack propagation. They regularize the fracture discontinuity and smooth the transition between the intact and the damaged regions. Based on the thermodynamic function and a diffusive field, they
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Experimental and Numerical Simulation of Interlayer Propagation Path of Vertical Fractures in Shale
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021 The complex fracture network formed by volume fracturing of shale gas reservoir is very important to the effect of reservoir reconstruction. The existence of bedding interface will change the propagation path of the hydraulic fracture in the vertical ...
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Phase-field modeling and simulation of fracture in brittle materials with strongly anisotropic surface energy [PDF]
, 2015 Crack propagation in brittle materials with anisotropic surface energy is important in applications involving single crystals, extruded polymers, or geological and organic materials. Furthermore, when this anisotropy is strong, the phenomenology of crack
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Linear elastic fracture mechanics predicts the propagation distance of frictional slip [PDF]
, 2014 When a frictional interface is subject to a localized shear load, it is often (experimentally) observed that local slip events initiate at the stress concentration and propagate over parts of the interface by arresting naturally before reaching the edge.
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A micromechanical fracture analysis to investigate the effect of healing particles on the overall mechanical response of a self-healing particulate composite [PDF]
, 2019 A computational fracture analysis is conducted on a self‐healing particulate composite employing a finite element model of an actual microstructure. The key objective is to quantify the effects of the actual morphology and the fracture properties of the ...
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Low self-affine exponents of fracture surfaces of glass ceramics [PDF]
, 2006 The geometry of post mortem rough fracture surfaces of porous glass ceramics made of sintered glass beads is shown experimentally to be self-affine with an exponent zeta=0.40 (0.04) remarkably lower than the 'universal' value zeta=0.8 frequently measured
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IEEE Access, 2021 Prediction on the crack propagation process of brittle rock under Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) loading conditions is very important for crack-arrest design and disaster prevention in deep rock engineering.
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