Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Re-orientation in Heterogeneous Rocks with an Improved Discrete Element Method
Qingyuan He, Lei Zhu, Yingchun Li, Danqi Li, Boyang Zhang
Topics & Concepts
Hydraulic fracturingDiscrete element methodGeologyRock mechanicsWeibull distributionGeotechnical engineeringFracture mechanicsHomogeneousFracture (geology)Orientation (vector space)EngineeringStructural engineeringGeometryMechanicsMathematicsStatisticsCombinatoricsPhysicsHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisRock Mechanics and ModelingDrilling and Well Engineering