Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5014195 | Engineering Fracture Mechanics | 2016 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing of rocks has various engineering applications. However, there has been limited research into crack propagation prediction by three dimensional analytical techniques. This paper discusses such a technique for predicting the propagation surface of a pressurized circular crack subjected to various loading conditions. The propagation surfaces predicted from the proposed crack front propagation algorithm align well with published results. The suggested method consumes only a fraction of the time needed for a numerical simulation, and therefore it could be useful in assisting the design of hydraulic fracturing operations.
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Authors
Adam K. Schwartzkopff, Chaoshui Xu, Nouné S. Melkoumian,