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June 28–July 1, 2015
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Three Dimension Geomechanical Modeling for Drilling in Carbonate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Stress Evolution of Rock Bolt Elements in Intersecting Joints in Rock Masses
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Horizontal Stress Modeling of Successively Built-up Formations: The Effect of Viscous Relaxation and Depth-Dependent Hardening
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Use of Digital Imaging Processing Techniques to Characterise Block Caving Secondary Fragmentation and Implications for a Proposed Cave-to-Mill Approach
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A Joint Asperity Degradation Model Based on the Wear Process
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A Finite Element Technique with Triangular Gird Split Method for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Simulation in Reservoirs
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Numerical Study of the Influence of Fluid Viscosity on Wellbore Spalling in Drained Fractured Rock
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Numerical Modelling of Salt Leaching-Dissolution Process
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Microscopic Observations of Shale Deformation from In-Situ Deformation Experiments Conducted under a Scanning Electron Microscope
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Behavior of Salt from the Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome
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Advances in the Use of New-Age Complex Fracture Modeling, Earth Modeling, and Reservoir Simulation Tools as an Asset Well Planning Tool
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Pore Pressure on Rock Permeability-Bakken Formation Case
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Teaching Subsidence Concepts with a Physical Modeling Device
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Mixed Finite Element Method applied to Non–Euclidean Model of Inelastic Deformations
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Structural Design of Tunnel Supports by Combining a Point Estimate Method with a Deterministic Numerical Analysis Code (FLAC2D)
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Weathering Profiles of Some Sandstones from Sunshine Coast, Australia – Morphological and Geotechnical Approach
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Application of Rock Physics in Wellbore Stability Modeling for Chayvo Field Multi-lateral ERD Wells
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Transferring the Geomechanical Behaviour of Opalinus Clay Observed in Lab Tests and Mont Terri URL to Assess Engineering Feasibility at Potential Repository Sites
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Experimental and Numerical 2D Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing Using High-Power Electric Discharge
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True-Triaxial Hydraulic Fracturing of Niobrara Carbonate Rock as an Analogue for Complex Oil and Gas Reservoir Stimulation
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An Analytical Boundary Condition for D3Q19 Lattice Boltzmann Model
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Experimental Study of Fracture Initiation and Propagation from a Wellbore
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Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Laboratory Scale Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments
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XFEM-Based CZM for the Simulation of 3D Multiple-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing in Quasi-brittle Shale Formations
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Evaluation Techniques of Wellbore Stability on Complex Formation based on Wettability
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A New Stacked Height Growth Model for Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation
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Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization for Infill Wells: An Integrated Geomechanics Workflow
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A Numerical Study of the Parameters that Affect the Induced Principal Stresses by Hydraulic Fracturing in a Shale Formation
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Coupling Fluid Flow and Geomechanics in a Three-Dimensional Discrete Fracture Network Simulator
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An Integrated Analytical Workflow for Analyzing Wellbore Stress, Stability and Strengthening
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Coupling of Rupture Growth and Fluid flow along a Shear Fracture Containing Structural Complexities
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Fabric-enriched Modeling of Anisotropic Healing induced by Diffusion in Granular Salt
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Optimum Condition of Hydraulic Fracture-Natural Fracture Interaction in Shale Block Experiments
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Prediction of Tunnelling-induced Settlement Using Gene Expression Programming
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On the use of Double Differences in Inversion of Surface Movement Measurements
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Integrated 1-D Workflow for Pore-Pressure Prediction and Mud-Weight Window Calculation for Subsalt Well Sections
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Subsidence due to Gas Production in the Wadden Sea: how to Ensure no Harm will be done to Nature
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Proppant and Host Rock Deformation in Fractured Shale flow through Experiments
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Development of a Transient 3D Multilayered Geomechanic Hydraulic Fracture Model to Evaluate the Temporary Localized Change in Stress Anisotropy
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Exploring Conceptual Models of Hydraulic Fracture Network Growth
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Stress Changes Associated with the Evolution of a Salt Diapir into a Salt Sheet
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Numerical Study of Tensile Thermal Stresses in a Casing-Cement-Rock System with Heterogeneities
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Discrete Element Modeling and Analysis of Shielding Effects during the Crushing of a Grain
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Application of Analytical Probabilistic Method to Estimate Minimum Horizontal In Situ Stress from a Leak-Off Test (LOT) Acquired in a High Inclined Well in a Deepwater Turbidites Oil Field, Offshore Brasil.
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Wellbore Stress Changes and Microannulus Development Because of Cement Shrinkage
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Fully 3D Hydraulic Fracturing Model: Optimizing Sequence Fracture Stimulation in Horizontal Wells
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Modeling Fluid-Driven Fractures using the Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM)
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Investigation of Shear-Induced Permeability in Unconventional Reservoirs
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Numerical Manifold Modeling of Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Processes in Fractured Porous Rock Masses
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Analysis of Stimulated Volume Resulting From Fluid Injection into a Fracture Rock Mass
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Effect of Fracture Breakdown Pressure on Multicluster Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments
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Geomechanical Evaluation of Fault Reactivation Potential and Uplift at the South West Hub Geological CO2 Storage Site, Western Australia
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Long-Term Stability Analysis for High Arch Dam Based on Time-Dependent Deformation Reinforcement Theory
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An Experimental Study on Interaction Between Hydraulic Fractures and Partially-Cemented Natural Fractures
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What Can we Learn from Ultrasonic Velocities Monitoring During Hydraulic Fracturing of a Tight Shale
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Proppant Transport and Settling in a Narrow Vertical Wedge-Shaped Fracture.
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A new 3D Constitutive Model for Rock Mass Tunnel
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Rapid Assessment of Roof Stability in Coal Mine Entries Based on the Outcome of Validated Numerical Models
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Clogging of Drains and its Influence on the Stability of Concrete Dams
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Development of a Test Setup Capable of Producing Hydraulic Fracturing in the Laboratory with Image and Acoustic Emission Monitoring
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Experimental Assessment of the Influences of Temperature on Geomechanical Characteristics of a Carbonate Reservoir
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Cavability, the Least Known Engineering Factor Influencing Mine Designs in Secondary Extraction Systems
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Geo-mechanical Model Test for Global Stability of High Arch Dam and its Engineering Application
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Stress Dependency of Rock Tensile Strength
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Nanoindentation Creep Measurements on Shale
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Michell–Fourier Analytical Treatment of Stresses in the Ring Test Under Parabolic Compression
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Hidden Impact of Mud Loss on Wellbore State of Stresses Disclosed by Thermal-Poro-Elastic Modeling
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Numerical Modeling of Rock Brazilian Test: Effects of Test Configuration and Rock Heterogeneity
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A Simplified Analysis of Stresses in Rising Salt Domes and Adjacent Sediments
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A Parametric Study of Critical Factors That Affect Stability Induced by Borehole Mining in a Coal Deposit
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TBM Tunneling in Discontinuous Rock Masses
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Study on Weakening Effect of Structural Plane and Stability Analysis for Dam Abutment of Jinping I High Arch Dam
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A Coupled Geochemical-Transport-Geomechanical Model to Address Caprock Integrity During Long-Term CO2 Storage
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Performance of Drilled Shafts Socketed in the Dead Sea Crystalline Salt under Short Term Vertical Loading Condition
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Rock-Burst Simulations with 2D-DDA: Preliminary Results
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Characteristics of Mechanical Wellbore Failure and Damage: Insights of Discrete Element Modelling and Application to CO2 Storage
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Relative Importance of THM Effects during Non-isothermal Fluid Injection in Fractured Media
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Induced Rockbursts and Inherent Rockbursts
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A Micromechanical Study of the Interactions between a Hole and a Crack Under Compression using PFC2D
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Remote Structural Mapping and Discrete Fracture Networks to Calculate Rock Fall Volumes at Tornado Mountain, British Columbia
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The Influence of Fracturing Fluids on Fracturing Processes: A Comparison between Gas and Water
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Analysis of Stress Variations with depth in the Permian Basin Spraberry/Dean/Wolfcamp Shale
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Experimental Demonstration of Delayed Initiation of Hydraulic Fractures below Breakdown Pressure in Granite
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Impounding Deformation Analysis for Jointed Rock Slope Based on Generalized Effective Stress
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Coupled Numerical Simulation of Formation Rock and Cement Sheath Effect on Vertical Cased well Fracturing
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A Method for Simulation of Longwall Goaf
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Numerical Modelling of Rock Mechanics Experiments as an Input for Coupled Hydromechanical Simulation
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Calibrated Acoustic Emission System Records M -3.5 to M -8 Events Generated on a Saw-Cut Granite Sample
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A Case Study for Wellpath Optimization and Drilling Risk Reduction for Vaca Muerta Shale in Argentina
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Rock Mechanical Dimensioning of Gas Storage Caverns in the Salt Dome Edge Region
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Salt Structure Information System (InSpEE) as a Supporting Tool for Evaluation of Storage Capacity of Caverns for Renewable Energies - Rock Mechanical Design for CAES and H2 Storage Caverns
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Sealing Capacity of a Seal System in Rock Salt – Hydraulic Impact of the EDZ Long-Term Evolution
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A Practical Log-Based Approach on Assessing and Preventing Wellbore Instability Considering Both Mechanical and Shale Swelling Effects
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Wellbore Instability During Plasma Torch Drilling in Geothermal Reservoirs
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Numerical Calculation of Fault Reactivation and Resultant Seismic Behavior Related to Cuttings Reinjection in Offshore West Africa
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A Comparison of Stress Evolution in Single-layer and Multilayer Buckle Folds
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A New Method to Measure Tri-Axial Static Strain Change based on Relative Displacements Between Points for Open Pit Slopes and Underground Structures
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Boundary Element Analysis of Non-Planar Three-Dimensional Cracks Using Complex Variables
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Modeling Natural Fracture Network using Object-Based Simulation
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Underground Disposal of Fine Coal Waste
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Modeling of Failure Behavior of Anisotropic Shale Using Lattice Discrete Particle Model
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Gas Transport Characterization of Fractured Rock by In-situ Gas-injection Tests
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Numerical Study of Crack Propagation and Coalescence Under Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading by using the Distinct Lattice Spring Model
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Constitutive Couplings in Unsaturated Granular Media with Crushable Grains
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Modelling the Shear Behaviour of Sedimentary Rock Joints under Constant Normal Stiffness Conditions
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Nonlinear Failure Mechanism and Dynamic Simulation of The Deep Rock Engineering
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A Creep Constitutive Model Considering Geometric Damage of Fractured Rock Mass and its Application
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Experimental Investigation of Cement to Rock Bonding
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AE-Rate Controlled Mode II Fracture Propagation Experiments on Granite and Sandstone
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Ground Control in China's Coal Mine: Progress and Prospects
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Calculating the Potential for Coal Pillar Bumps Using a Local Mine Stiffness Criterion
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The Effect of Poroelastic Stress Changes on the Triggering Front of Induced Seismicity During Fluid Injection
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Monitoring of Mechanically-Induced Damage in Rock using Transmission and Reflection Elastic Waves
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Sand Production Delay in Gas Flow Experiments
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Probabilistic Analysis of Rock Slopes Involving Correlated Non-Normal Variables using Point Estimate Methods
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Integrated Experimental and Computational Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Use of Alternative Fracking Fluids
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3D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing and Stress Perturbations During Fluid Injection
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Numerical Modeling of Experimental Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Propagation in Enhanced Geothermal Systems
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Contribution of Shear Slip in a Widespread Compressive Pillar Failure
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The Effect of Desorption-induced Porosity-Permeability Changes and Geomechanics on Production from U.S. Shale Gas Formations
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Case Study: Understanding the Mechanics Behind the Rockmass Deformation Observed in an Extraction Strike Drive at New Gold’s New Afton Mine Block Cave Operation
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Lattice Bond Cell Modeling of Dynamic Hydraulic Fracture
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Wellbore Stability of the Sandstone Formation Buried in High Pressure and High Temperature Considering Radial Porous Media Flows of a Compressible Gas
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Geomecanical Modeling in CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery
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Brittleness Determination of Rock Using Rock Physics Techniques Calibrated With Macro Damage
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Numerical Simulations on the Motions of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Jet and Its Abrasive Particle
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Study of Multiple Fracture Interaction Based on An Efficient Three-Dimensional Displacement Discontinuity Method
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Estimation of Rock Strength by Means of Scratch Probe
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Size Effect on Length and width of Fracture Process Zone
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The Implementation of 30’ Wide Undercuts at TRJV
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Stick-Slip Instabilities in Rotary Drilling Systems
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Geomechanical Modeling to Predict Wellbore Stresses and Strains for the Design of Wellbore Seal Repair Materials for Use at a CO2 Injection Site
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Computational Algorithm for Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing with Pre-Existing Natural Fractures in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Developing a Framework to Simulate the Hydraulic Fracturing of Tight Gas Reservoirs Based on Integrative Adaptive Remeshing and Combined Finite/Discrete Element Approach
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Laboratory Measurements of flow Through Wellbore Cement-Casing Microannuli
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Dynamic Tensile Failure of Rocks Subjected to Simulated in Situ Stresses Around Underground Openings
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Incorporating Viscous, Toughness, and Intermediate Regimes of Propagation into Enhanced Pseudo-3D Model
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Effect of Hydraulic Diffusivity and Slipping Zone Thickness on Thermal Pressurization Process During Seismic Slip
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3D Simulation of Fluid-Pressure-Induced Fracture Nucleation and Growth in Rock Samples
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Capturing Early Evolution of Salt Openings
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Impact of Depletion on Integrity of Sand Screen in Depleted Unconsolidated Sandstone Formation
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Verification of the Implementation of Rock-Reinforcement Elements in Numerical Analyses Based on the Hybrid Combined Finitediscrete Element Method (FDEM)
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Geomechanics Issues Regarding Heat-Generating Waste Disposal in Salt
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A Combined Experimental (Micro-CT) and Numerical (FDEM) Methodology to Study Rock Joint Asperities Subjected to Direct Shear
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Numerical Model of Extended leak-off Test (XLOT)
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Redistribution of Stresses due to Drilling and Depletion Using Different Plasticity Models
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Investigation Of Rock Fragmentation Mechanism Using Dynamic Spherical Crushing Test
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Probabilistic Time-Dependent Thermo-chemo-poroelastic Borehole Stability Analysis in Shale Formations
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Anisotropic Geomaterial Deformation Formulation for the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method in 2D
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FDEM Simulation on a Triaxial Core-Flood Experiment of Shale
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FDEM Simulation on Fracture Coalescence in Brittle Materials
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Fracture Testing in Modes I, II, and III on Escabrosa Limestone
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Pickling the Gas Shale in Water or Water Vapor
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Dual-Scale Modeling of Time-Dependent Damage Evolution and Failure Process of Brittle Rocks
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Simulations of Fracture Curving: Interaction of Two Fractures
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Mechanical testing and sealing capacity of the Upper Jurassic Draupne Formation, North Sea
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Real Time Stability Evaluation of Large Underground Powerhouse Caverns - Application of Microseismics
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Influence of Microcrack Parameters on Splitting Failure of Roadway under High Stress
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Filter Cake Behavior during Leakage at the Cement-Rock Interface in Wellbores
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Investigating the Evolution of Polygonal Fault Systems Using Geomechanical Forward Modeling
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Effect of Rheology on Drilling Mud Loss in a Natural Fracture
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Modelling of Casing Integrity in Salt Layers Including the Effects of Dissolution and Creep
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Strategies for Forward Modeling the Evolution of Geological Structures Undergoing Large Deformation
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A Framework for Wellbore Cement Integrity Analysis
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Pore Pressure Estimation in a Tight Sand Reservoir: Neuquen Basin, Case Study
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A Finite Element Geomechanical Study of the Brittle Failure of a Caprock Due to Deflation
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Soft Ground Shield Driven Tunnel Defect Analysis
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
On Poroelastic Inclusions and its Applications in Reservoir Mechanics
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Rocks using Numerical Simulations and Image Analysis
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Simulation of Deformation and Failure Process of Coal-Mass
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Qualifying Stress Direction from Borehole Shear Sonic Anisotropy
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Wellbore Stability Modeling with a Grain-Based Rock Model
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Fundamental Investigation of Gas Injection in Microfluidic Shale Fracture Networks at Geologic Conditions
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Use of Microseismic Monitoring Data as an Aid to Rock Mechanics Decision Making and Mine Design Verification
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Surface Subsidence Induced by Hydrocarbons Extraction, and the Potential for Time-Dependent Ground Deformations
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Helium-Mass-Spectrometry-Permeameter for the Measurement of Permeability of low Permeability Rock with Application to Triaxial Deformation Conditions
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Acoustic Wavefront Imaging of Orthogonal Fracture Networks subjected to Bi-axial Loading
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Dynamic Rupture Modeling of Injection-Induced Seismicity: Influence of Pressure Diffusion Below Porous Aquifers
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Modeling of Single Cutter Tests in Carbonates
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Experimental Investigation of Fracturing of Shale with Water
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Measure of Friction during Drilling of Rocks
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Computer Modeling Applied in the Design of Underground Salt Caverns Opened by Solution Mining for Gas Storage
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Induced Microseismic Monitoring in Salt Caverns
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Design and Construction of a Deep Excavation in Extremely Poor Rock Mass
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing using a Three-Dimensional Fracture Model Coupled with an Adaptive Mesh Fluid Model
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Simulation of Particle Suspensions Using a Coupled Lattice Boltzmann and Discrete Element Method
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Study of the Impact of CO2-Fluid-Rock Interactions on Porosity and Permeability Evolution in Fractured Carbonate Rocks
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Creep Analysis of Chalk Cavities Accounting for Joints Degradation
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Correlations Between Acoustic Emission Microcrack Displacement Vectors and In Situ Stress Conditions during Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Testing
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Field And Experimental Brittleness (Toughness) Determination of Vaca Muerta Shale
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Fracture Dimension Investigation of Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Interaction with Natural Discontinuity using Acoustic Emission
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Static Versus Dynamic Moduli: Another Piece in the Puzzle
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Evaluation and Selection of Surface and Production Casings for the New Wells at Eti Soda’s Beypazari Trona Deposits
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Observation and Modeling of Fluid Flow under Matrix and Fracturing Injections in Unconsolidated Sand
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Underground Mine Roof Crack Formation Simulation with Creep of Rock Mass
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Understanding the Correlation between Induced Seismicity and Wastewater Injection in the Fort Worth Basin
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
An Investigation of Rough Surface Closure with Application to Fracturing
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
FDEM Modelling of Thermo-Mechanical Wellbore Instabilities within Shale Formations
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Using Image Windows for the Analysis of Fracture Traces and Fractures
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Effect of Coal-Rock Interface Properties on Failure Stability of Coal Pillars Expressed in Energy Terms
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Coupled Euler-Lagrange Simulation of the Response of a Tunnel in Jointed Rock to Explosive Loading
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
3D Modeling of Sand Production in Waterflooding by Coupled Flow/ Geomechanical Numerical Solutions
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A Calibrated Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) Model for Simulating Crack Growth in Granitic Rock Considering Grain Scale Heterogeneity of Polycrystalline Rock
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Effects of Adsorptive Characteristics of Shale on Wellbore Stability
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
New High-Speed Experiment Capability for study of Friction
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Rate Type Isotach Compaction of Consolidated Sandstone
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Stress-Dependent Permeability Model of Laminated Gas Shale
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Screening of the EOR Potential of a Wolfcamp Shale Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A 2D Experimental Method with Results for Hydraulic Fractures Crossing Discontinuities
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Long-Term Modeling of Coupled Processes in a Generic Salt Repository for Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste: Preliminary Analysis of the Impacts of Halite Dissolution and Precipitation
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Rock Slope Instability Modeling Analysis and Mitigation at Mountainous Road, and Prediction of Debris Flows Utilizing the Satellite Image, Saudi Arabia
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Injection Induced Fracturing As a Necessary Evil in Geologic CO2 Sequestration
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Investigation of Sequential and Simultaneous Well Completion in Horizontal Wells using a Non-planar, Fully Coupled Hydraulic Fracture Simulator
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Model Test of Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Shield Tunnel Passed Through Ground Fracture with Small Angle
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Development of an Exploration, Design, and Construction System for Bedrock Reinforcement Considering Geology at the Tunnel
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
DEM Simulation of Brazilian Tensile Failure of Hard Rock in Consideration of Element Configuration
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Development of soil-water coupled NMM-DDA
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Experimental Study on Loading-Unloading Failure Process of Marble in Jinping II Hydropower Station, China
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Multiscale Characterization of Physical, Chemical, and Mechanical Heterogeneity of Mudstones
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Discrete Modeling of Multiple Discontinuities in Rock Mass using XFEM
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Study on Long-Time Deformation Characteristics of Soft Clay Around Subway Tunnel Under Train Vibration Load
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Assessment of Stress Changes in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs using Analytical Methods
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Micro-Seismic Monitoring of PDC Bit Drilling Performance during Vibration Assisted Rotational Drilling
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Ground Subsidence Model for a Panel Caving Exploitation at el Teniente Mine - Codelco Chile
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Microseismicity Induced in the Opalinus Clay by a Gallery Excavation in the Mont Terri Underground Rock Laboratory
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Testing Methods for Evaluating Drilling Fluid Effects on Gas Shale Stability
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Underground Research Laboratories for Conducting Fault Activation Experiments In Shales
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Relating Static and Dynamic Mechanical Anisotropies of Shale
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Measurements of Fracture Aperture in Granite Core using Microfocus X-Ray CT and Fluid Flow Simulation
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Simulation of Crack Initiation and Growth in Rock Specimens Containing a Flaw under Uniaxial Compression
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Investigation the Effect of Cyclic Loading on Fracture Propagation in Rocks by Using Computed Tomography (CT) Techniques
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
The Brittleness Index in Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Biological Influences in the Subsurface: A Method to Seal Fractures and Reduce Permeability with Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Experimental Evaluation of passive-Vibration Assisted Rotary Drilling (p-VARD) tool to Enhance Drilling Performance
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Investigation of Roughness Algorithms Applied to JRC Profiles for Assessment of Weathering
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Dilatancy of Clay Shales and its Impact on Pore Pressure Evolution and Effective Stress for Different Triaxial Stress Paths
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Coal Mine Pillar Failure Patterns Explained Through Probabilistic Analysis
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Microstructure and Micromechanics of Wellbore Cements under Compression and Thermal Loading
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A Review of Pillar Design for Platinum Mining to Enhance Stability: A Zimbabwean Case Study
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Observations of Acoustic Emissions in a Hydraulically Loaded Granite Specimen
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Use of Rock Mass Classification in Prefeasibility Studies: An Illustrative Study
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Rate Dependence of Dry, Oil- or Water-Saturated Chalk
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Modeling the Interaction Between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures Using Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Method
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Simulation of End Constraint Effect on Post-peak Behaviors of Rocks in Uniaxial Compression
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Development of an Oedometer Cell to Study the Horizontal Stress Evolution During a Chemical Dissolution
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Finite Element Analysis of Casing-in-Casing Integrity due to Annulus Pressurization by means of Salt Creep
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
On the Importance and Impact of Key Geomechanical Parameters in Unconventional Play Developments
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Gas Flow Measurements of Consolidating Crushed Salt
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
A New Prediction Model of Energy Consumption on Rock Fragmentation and Rate of Penetration Based on Fractal Theory
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Numerical Simulation Study on Injection for Enhancing Hydrocarbon Recovery and CO2 Sequestration in Tight Oil Formations
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
The Effect of Rock Mineralogic and Petrographic Properties on Stone Cutting Feed Rate
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Influence of Indexation and Impact Energy on Bit/Rock Interface Law in Percussive Drilling: An Experimental Study
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Finite Element Modeling of Curving Hydraulic Fractures and Near-Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture Complexity
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Long-Term Creep Experiments on Haynesville Shale Rocks
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Application of Programmatic Gridding Technique to Advanced Reservoir Geomechanics Modeling
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
DEM Simulation of Fracture Process of Inherently Anisotropic Rock under Brazilian Test Condition
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Parametric Study of Smooth Joint Parameters on the Behavior of Inherently Anisotropic Rock under Uniaxial Compression Condition
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Reducing the Uncertainty in Tight Rock Porosity Estimation by Combining Different Methods-Bakken Formation Case
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Analytical Model of Accelerating Gas Flow-Induced Conductivity Damage in Propped Hydraulic Fractures
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Effect of Fracture Heterogeneities on Reactive Flow
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Decimeter-scale analysis of geologic heterogeneity in a brittle-ductile shear zone, ÄspööHard Rock Laboratory, Sweden
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Stress Path of Coal Seams During Depletion: The Effect of Desorption on Coal Failure
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.
Effect of Fracture Dilation Angle on Stress-Dependent Permeability Tensor of Fractured Rock
Paper presented at the 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 2015.