Open Access3D Finite Element Modeling of Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiments
Author(s) -
Naif B. Alqahtani,
Jennifer Miskimins
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
digital collections of colorado (colorado state university)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.2118/130556-ms
Subject(s) - shearing (physics) , finite element method , hydraulic fracturing , wellbore , geotechnical engineering , fracture (geology) , stress (linguistics) , geology , petroleum engineering , structural engineering , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
iii LIST OF FIGURES viii LIST OF TABLES xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Research Objectives 2 1.2 Previous Project Work 2 1.3 Motivation and Context 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1 Hydraulic Fracturing 5 2.2 Hydraulic Fracture Propagation 6 2.3 Stress Effects 11 2.4 Effects of Reservoir Depletion 13 2.5 Brief Summary of Previous Project Works 14 CHAPTER 3: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD 19 3.1 A Brief History of the Method 19 3.2 The Finite Element Method 19 3.3 Some Methods for Solving Engineering Problems 22
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