Porous rock fracture mechanics : with application to hydraulic fracturing, drilling and structural engineering

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Shojaei, Amir (Editor), Shao, Jianfu (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, MA : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2017.
SeriesWoodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780081007822
0081007825
9780081007815
0081007817
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Porous Rock Fracture Mechanics; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Rocks fracture mechanics; Scale effects on fracture behavior; Effect of tensile and compressive stress fields on rocks' fracture mechanics; Rock fracture mechanisms and fluid effects; Environmental effects; Time effect on rocks' failure behavior; I. Introduction; 1 Application of rock failure simulation in design optimization of the hydraulic fracturing; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Reservoir stimulation by hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells
  • 1.3 Hydraulic fracturing conceptual models1.3.1 Rock failure and the stimulated volume; 1.4 Mechanical interactions of multiple hydraulic fractures; 1.4.1 Some insights on hydraulic fracture spacing optimization using numerical simulations; 1.4.2 The role of rock fabric and structure; 1.4.2.1 Role of rock anisotropy; 1.4.2.2 Influence of natural fractures on hydraulic fractures; 1.4.3 The importance of 3D effects; 1.5 Conclusions; References; II. Coupled Fluid Structural Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms in Porous
  • 2 Anisotropic poroplasticity in saturated porous media, effect of confining pressure, and elevated temperature2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General framework of poroplastic modeling; 2.2.1 Effective stress concept in poroplasticity; 2.3 Experimental investigation on a typical porous rock; 2.4 Anisotropic plastic behavior of rocks; 2.5 Effects of temperature on anisotropic rocks; 2.6 Conclusions; References; 3 Coupling in hydraulic fracturing simulation; 3.1 Introduction: fluid-driven fracture propagation in rocks; 3.2 Coupling in reservoir geomechanics; 3.3 Fracture-matrix fluid exchange ("leakoff")
  • 3.4 Coupling fluid and solid3.5 Coupling proppant transport and placement; 3.6 Thermal coupling; 3.7 Coupling in acid fracturing; 3.8 Conclusion; References; 4 Stress-induced permeability evolutions and erosion damage of porous rocks; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Laboratory tests; 4.2.1 Steady and transient permeability tests of sandstone under triaxial compression; 4.2.1.1 Steady permeability tests; 4.2.1.2 Transient pulse tests; 4.2.2 Hydro-mechanical-chemical coupling behavior of sandstone; 4.2.2.1 Creep tests with injection of CO2 alone and CO2-brine solution
  • Creep tests with injection of CO2 aloneCreep tests with injection of CO2-brine; 4.2.2.2 Indentation tests on samples after CO2-brine-rock reaction; 4.3 Numerical simulations of hydro-mechanical-chemical coupling behavior; 4.3.1 General framework; 4.3.2 Special model for sandstone; 4.3.2.1 Mechanical modeling; 4.3.2.2 Mass-transfer modeling; 4.3.2.3 Porosity evolution and chemical damage; 4.3.2.4 Poromechanical modeling; 4.3.3 Numerical application; 4.3.3.1 Simulation of chemical dissolution process; 4.3.3.2 Simulation of mechanical behavior