A study of the breakdown process in hydraulic fracturing tests conducted in impermeable rocks

Dmitriy Garagash, Emmanuel M Detournay

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Abstract

This paper investigates possible breakdown criteria in the limit, of slow and fast pressurzatiun of a burehole, and the transition between these two bounds as the rate of preesurization varies. In this analysis, the existence of a critically oriented nark at the borehole wall, that triggers the failure Process, is recognized. Two limiting cases, corresponding to an edge and a Griffith crack, are considered.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISRM International Symposium - EUROCK 1996
Editors Barla
PublisherInternational Society for Rock Mechanics
Pages461-468
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9054108436, 9789054108436
StatePublished - 1996
EventISRM International Symposium - EUROCK 1996 - Turin, Italy
Duration: Sep 2 1996Sep 5 1996

Publication series

NameISRM International Symposium - EUROCK 1996

Other

OtherISRM International Symposium - EUROCK 1996
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTurin
Period9/2/969/5/96

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 1996 Balkema, Rotterdam.

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