Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing

Xi Zhang, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China. Bisheng Wu, Associate Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Diansen Yang, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. Andrew Bunger, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

• Part I. Experimental and Monitoring Observations1. Hydraulic Fracture Geometry from Mineback Mapping2. Measurements of the Evolution of the Fluid Lag in Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiments in Rocks3. Mapping Hydraulic Fracture Growth Using Tiltmeter Monitoring Technique4. Experimental Observations of Hydraulic Fracturing5. A Field Trial and Experimental Studies on scCO2 Fracturing Part II. Theoretical and Numerical Methods6. An Unstructured Moving Element Mesh for Hydraulic Fracture Modelling7. Study of Hydraulic Fracture Interference with a Lattice Model8. The Tipping Point: How Tip Asymptotics Can Enhance Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Evolution 9. Plasticity: A Mechanism for Hydraulic Fracture Height Containment10. Turbulent Flow Effects in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Permeable Rock11. Analysis of a Constant Height Hydraulic Fracture12. Discrete Element Modelling of Hydraulic FracturingPart III. Applications and Engineering Approaches13. Interaction of a Hydraulic Fracture with Natural Fractures of Lesser Height and Weak Bedding Interfaces as a Possible Mechanism for Fracture Swarms14. Hydraulic Fracturing Mechanisms Leading to Self-Organization within Dyke Swarms15. Numerical Simulation of Thermal Fracturing During Heat Extraction from a Closed-Loop Circulation Enhanced Geothermal System16. Multiple Hydraulic Fractures from a Highly Deviated Well: A XFEM Study17. Hydraulic Fracturing-Induced Slip on a Permeable Fault