Crack growth in homogeneous media using an adaptive isogeometric fourth-order phase-field model

Li, Yicong; Yu, Tiantang; Chen, Xing; Natarajan, Sundararajan

doi:10.1016/j.cma.2023.116122

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“…When natural fractures develop, the probability of communication between hydraulic fractures and natural fractures increases, and reservoirs have the potential to form complex fracture networks. The larger the Young's modulus, the less likely the rock is to undergo strain under the same stress, and the simpler the crack morphology formed [4,5]. The heterogeneity of the reservoir and the mutual interference between fractures are the root causes of uneven fracture propagation, and the number of perforation clusters and the perforation spacing have important effects on the distribution of the induced stress field [1,6].…”

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Simulation of Key Influencing Factors of Hydraulic Fracturing Fracture Propagation in a Shale Reservoir Based on the Displacement Discontinuity Method (DDM)

Ma,

Tang

2024

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In the process of the large-scale hydraulic fracturing of a shale gas field in the Weiyuan area of Sichuan province, the quantitative description and evaluation of hydraulic fracture expansion morphology and the three-dimensional distribution law are the key points of evaluation of block fracturing transformation effect. Many scholars have used the finite element method, discrete element method, grid-free method and other numerical simulation methods to quantitatively characterize hydraulic fractures, but there are often the problems that the indoor physical simulation results are much different from the actual results and the accuracy of most quantitative studies is poor. Considering rock mechanics parameters and based on the displacement discontinuity method (DDM), a single-stage multi-cluster fracture propagation model of horizontal well was established. The effects of Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, the in situ stress difference, the approximation angle, the perforation cluster number and the perforation spacing on the formation of complex fracture networks and on the geometrical parameters of hydraulic fractures were simulated. The research results can provide theoretical reference and practical guidance for the optimization of large-scale fracturing parameters and the quantitative post-fracturing evaluation of horizontal wells in unconventional reservoirs such as shale gas reservoirs.

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