A fully coupled hydromechanical XFEM model for the simulation of 3D non-planar fluid-driven fracture propagation

Engineering

• Computational Effort 100%
• Fluid Flow 100%
• Fracture Propagation 100%
• Finite Element Analysis 100%
• Degree of Freedom 50%
• Applicability 50%
• Field Data 50%
• Displacement Field 50%
• Stress-Intensity Factor 50%
• Laminar Flows 50%
• Hydraulic Fracturing 50%
• Rock Deformation 50%
• Extrapolation Method 50%
• Fracture Deformation 50%
• Iteration Step 50%
• Nodes 50%
• Solution Process 50%
• Shale Gas 50%
• Flow Equation 50%
• Flow Model 50%
• Gas Reservoir 50%