Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in naturally fractured formations using the cohesive zone model

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• fracture propagation 100%
• hydraulic fracturing 77%
• simulation 34%
• rock 11%
• mechanical property 10%
• methodology 7%
• in situ stress 6%
• fracture network 6%
• confining pressure 6%
• total organic carbon 5%
• laboratory test 5%
• sensitivity analysis 5%
• shale 4%
• viscosity 4%
• drainage 4%
• parameter 4%
• transition 3%
• fluid 3%
• analysis 3%
• effect 2%
• material 2%
• test 2%
• distribution 2%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Hydraulics 61%
• Computer simulation 43%
• Rocks 14%
• Organic carbon 6%
• Mechanical properties 5%
• Finite element method 5%
• Hydraulic fracturing 5%
• Shale 4%
• Drainage 4%
• Bending tests 4%
• Chemical activation 3%
• Sensitivity analysis 3%
• Viscosity 3%
• Fluids 2%