Hydroshearing poorly connected preexisting fractures in the presence of stress anisotropy as a random percolation process
Activation of natural fractures by fluid injection is used to enhance the permeability of geological reservoirs. A fracture slips and activates when the fluid pressure is larger than a critical value that depends on its orientation with respect to the in situ stress. Using large-cell Monte Carlo ren...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Research |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033026 |