A Fully Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Approach for Multi-Fracture Propagation Simulations

Hydraulic fracturing is a complex nonlinear hydro-mechanical coupled process. Accurate numerical simulation is of great significance for reducing fracturing costs and improving reservoir development benefits. The aim of this paper is to propose an efficient numerical simulation method for the fractu...

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Main Authors: Yinghao Deng, Di Wang, Yan Jin, Yang Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/1601