Visualized Hydraulic Fracture Re-Orientation in Directional Hydraulic Fracturing by Laboratory Experiments in Gelatin Samples

Directional hydraulic fracturing (DHF) is popular with hydraulic fracturing operations in coal mining to create cave-hard roofs, in which radial initial notches are created around open borehole walls before injecting high-pressurized fluid. Despite extensive field application of DHF, the three-dimen...

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Main Authors: Hua Zhang, Benben Liu, Qingyuan He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/5/2047