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Hydraulic Fracturing and Rock Mechanics

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This open access book is the first to consider the effect of non-uniform fluid pressure in hydraulic fractures. The book covers the key topics in the process of hydraulic fracture nucleation, growth, interaction and fracture network formation. Laboratory experiments and theoretical modeling are comb...

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Main Authors: Zhao, Yu (Author), Zhang, Yongfa (Author), He, Pengfei (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Subjects:
Geotechnical engineering.
Mechanical engineering.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Mechanical Engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part I Laboratory observation
  • 2 Rock mechanics in hydraulic fracturing operations
  • Part II Laboratory observation
  • 3 Reservoir characteristics
  • 4 Constant flow injection
  • 5 Constant pressure injection
  • Part III Theoretical modeling considering Nonuniform fluid pressure
  • 6 Fracture initiation
  • 7 Fracture propagation
  • 8 Fracture interaction behaviors
  • Part IV Field implication
  • 9 Formation of complex networks
  • Epilogue
  • References.

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