Some Fundamental Mechanisms of Hydraulic Fracturing
This dissertation focuses mainly on three topics: (1) mixed-mode branching and segmentation of hydraulic fractures in brittle materials, (2) hydraulic fracture propagation in particulate materials, and (3) hydraulic fracturing in water flooding conditions. Mixed-mode loading is one of the primary c...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2006
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10513 |