Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing (eBook)

Xi Zhang, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China. Bisheng Wu, Associate Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Diansen Yang, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. Andrew Bunger, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Part I. Experimental and Monitoring Observations

1. Hydraulic Fracture Geometry from Mineback Mapping

2. Measurements of the Evolution of the Fluid Lag in Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiments in Rocks

3. Mapping Hydraulic Fracture Growth Using Tiltmeter Monitoring Technique

4. Experimental Observations of Hydraulic Fracturing

5. A Field Trial and Experimental Studies on scCO2 Fracturing

Part II. Theoretical and Numerical Methods

6. An Unstructured Moving Element Mesh for Hydraulic Fracture Modelling

7. Study of Hydraulic Fracture Interference with a Lattice Model

8. The Tipping Point: How Tip Asymptotics Can Enhance Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Evolution

9. Plasticity: A Mechanism for Hydraulic Fracture Height Containment

10. Turbulent Flow Effects in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Permeable Rock

11. Analysis of a Constant Height Hydraulic Fracture

12. Discrete Element Modelling of Hydraulic Fracturing

Part III. Applications and Engineering Approaches

13. Interaction of a Hydraulic Fracture with Natural Fractures of Lesser Height and Weak Bedding Interfaces as a Possible Mechanism for Fracture Swarms

14. Hydraulic Fracturing Mechanisms Leading to Self-Organization within Dyke Swarms

15. Numerical Simulation of Thermal Fracturing During Heat Extraction from a Closed-Loop Circulation Enhanced Geothermal System

16. Multiple Hydraulic Fractures from a Highly Deviated Well: A XFEM Study

17. Hydraulic Fracturing-Induced Slip on a Permeable Fault