Porous Rock Fracture Mechanics. with Application to Hydraulic Fracturing, Drilling and Structural Engineering

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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. Content: Front-matter,Copyright,Dedication,List of contributors,Preface,IntroductionEntitled to full textPart I: Introduction1 - Application of rock failure simulation in design optimization of the hydraulic fracturing, Pages 3-23 2 - Anisotropic poroplasticity in saturated porous media, effect of confining pressure, and elevated temperature, Pages 27-46 3 - Coupling in hydraulic fracturing simulation, Pages 47-62 4 - Stress-induced permeability evolutions and erosion damage of porous rocks, Pages 63-92 5 - Hydraulic fracture growth in naturally fractured rock, Pages 93-116 6 - Cohesive zone models, Pages 119-144 7 - Application of discrete element approach in fractured rock masses*, Pages 145-176 8 - The embedded finite element method (E-FEM) for multicracking of quasi-brittle materials, Pages 177-196 9 - Application of continuum damage mechanics in hydraulic fracturing simulations, Pages 197-212 10 - Multiscale modeling approaches and micromechanics of porous rocks, Pages 215-232 11 - Dynamic fracture mechanics in rocks with application to drilling and perforation, Pages 233-256 12 - Stability, accuracy, and efficiency of numerical methods for coupled fluid flow in porous rocks, Pages 257-283 13 - True triaxial failure stress and failure plane of two porous sandstones subjected to two distinct loading paths, Pages 285-307 Index, Pages 309-317