Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Through an Orthogonal Discontinuity: A Laboratory, Analytical and Numerical Study
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DOI: 10.1007/s00603-017-1213-3
Abstract: Rocks are naturally fractured, and lack of knowledge of hydraulic fracture growth through the pre-existing discontinuities in rocks has impeded enhancing hydrocarbon extraction. This paper presents experimental results from uniaxial and biaxial tests, combined with… read more here.
Keywords: fracture propagation; fracture; orthogonal discontinuity; hydraulic fracture ... See more keywords