Porous Rock Failure Mechanics: Hydraulic Fracturing, Drilling and Structural Engineering focuses on the fracture mechanics of porous rocks and modern simulation techniques for progressive quasi-static and dynamic fractures. The topics covered in this volume include a wide range of academic and industrial applications, including petroleum, mining, and civil engineering.
Chapters focus on advanced topics in the field of rock’s fracture mechanics and address theoretical concepts, experimental characterization, numerical simulation techniques, and their applications as appropriate. Each chapter reflects the current state-of-the-art in terms of the modern use of fracture simulation in industrial and academic sectors. Some of the major contributions in this volume include, but are not limited to: anisotropic elasto-plastic deformation mechanisms in fluid saturated porous rocks, dynamics of fluids transport in fractured rocks and simulation techniques, fracture mechanics and simulation techniques in porous rocks, fluid-structure interaction in hydraulic driven fractures, advanced numerical techniques for simulation of progressive fracture, including multiscale modeling, and micromechanical approaches for porous rocks, and quasi-static versus dynamic fractures in porous rocks.
This book will serve as an important resource for petroleum, geomechanics, drilling and structural engineers, R&D managers in industry and academia.
1. Introduction - p. xv 2. Part I: Introduction - p. xviii 3. 1. Application of rock failure simulation in design optimization of the hydraulic fracturing - p. 3 4. Part II: Coupled Fluid Structural Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms in Porous - p. 20 5. 2. Anisotropic poroplasticity in saturated porous media, effect of confining pressure, and elevated temperature - p. 27 6. 3. Coupling in hydraulic fracturing simulation - p. 47 7. 4. Stress-induced permeability evolutions and erosion damage of porous rocks - p. 63 8. 5. Hydraulic fracture growth in naturally fractured rock - p. 93 9. Part III: Progressive Fracture - p. 112 10. 6. Cohesive zone models - p. 119 11. 7. Application of discrete element approach in fractured rock masses - p. 145 12. 8. The embedded finite element method (E-FEM) for multicracking of quasi-brittle materials - p. 177 13. 9. Application of continuum damage mechanics in hydraulic fracturing simulations - p. 197 14. Part IV: Advanced Topics and Future Prospects - p. 211 15. 10. Multiscale modeling approaches and micromechanics of porous rocks - p. 215 16. 11. Dynamic fracture mechanics in rocks with application to drilling and perforation - p. 233 17. 12. Stability, accuracy, and efficiency of numerical methods for coupled fluid flow in porous rocks - p. 257 18. 13. True triaxial failure stress and failure plane of two porous sandstones subjected to two distinct loading paths - p. 285 19. Index - p. 309
Porous Rock Failure Mechanics: Hydraulic Fracturing, Drilling and Structural Engineering focuses on the fracture mechanics of porous rocks and modern simulation techniques for progressive quasi-static and dynamic fractures. The topics covered in this volume include a wide range of academic and industrial applications, including petroleum, mining, and civil engineering.
Chapters focus on advanced topics in the field of rock’s fracture mechanics and address theoretical concepts, experimental characterization, numerical simulation techniques, and their applications as appropriate. Each chapter reflects the current state-of-the-art in terms of the modern use of fracture simulation in industrial and academic sectors. Some of the major contributions in this volume include, but are not limited to: anisotropic elasto-plastic deformation mechanisms in fluid saturated porous rocks, dynamics of fluids transport in fractured rocks and simulation techniques, fracture mechanics and simulation techniques in porous rocks, fluid-structure interaction in hydraulic driven fractures, advanced numerical techniques for simulation of progressive fracture, including multiscale modeling, and micromechanical approaches for porous rocks, and quasi-static versus dynamic fractures in porous rocks.
This book will serve as an important resource for petroleum, geomechanics, drilling and structural engineers, R&D managers in industry and academia.
1. Introduction - p. xv 2. Part I: Introduction - p. xviii 3. 1. Application of rock failure simulation in design optimization of the hydraulic fracturing - p. 3 4. Part II: Coupled Fluid Structural Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms in Porous - p. 20 5. 2. Anisotropic poroplasticity in saturated porous media, effect of confining pressure, and elevated temperature - p. 27 6. 3. Coupling in hydraulic fracturing simulation - p. 47 7. 4. Stress-induced permeability evolutions and erosion damage of porous rocks - p. 63 8. 5. Hydraulic fracture growth in naturally fractured rock - p. 93 9. Part III: Progressive Fracture - p. 112 10. 6. Cohesive zone models - p. 119 11. 7. Application of discrete element approach in fractured rock masses - p. 145 12. 8. The embedded finite element method (E-FEM) for multicracking of quasi-brittle materials - p. 177 13. 9. Application of continuum damage mechanics in hydraulic fracturing simulations - p. 197 14. Part IV: Advanced Topics and Future Prospects - p. 211 15. 10. Multiscale modeling approaches and micromechanics of porous rocks - p. 215 16. 11. Dynamic fracture mechanics in rocks with application to drilling and perforation - p. 233 17. 12. Stability, accuracy, and efficiency of numerical methods for coupled fluid flow in porous rocks - p. 257 18. 13. True triaxial failure stress and failure plane of two porous sandstones subjected to two distinct loading paths - p. 285 19. Index - p. 309
