Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Re-orientation in Heterogeneous Rocks with an Improved Discrete Element Method - He, Qingyuan; Zhu, Lei; Li, Yingchun; Li, Danqi; Zhang, Boyang (Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 2021)
Keywords: Civil Engineering; Discrete element method; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Finite element method; Geophysics/Geodesy; Heterogeneity; Homogeneity; Hydraulic fracturing; Mining industry; Orientation; Original Paper; Perforation; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Propagation; Rock; Rocks; Sediment samples; Simulation; Stress propagation; Weibull distribution; Universal Distinct Element Code; Hydraulic fracture re-orientation; Rock heterogeneity; Trigon logic; Weibull distribution