Table of Contents
Part I. Experimental and Monitoring Observations 1. Hydraulic Fracture Geometry from Mineback Mapping
2. Measurements of the Evolution of the Fluid Lag in Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiments in Rocks
3. Mapping Hydraulic Fracture Growth Using Tiltmeter Monitoring Technique
4. Experimental Observations of Hydraulic Fracturing
5. A Field Trial and Experimental Studies on scCO2 Fracturing
Part II. Theoretical and Numerical Methods
6. An Unstructured Moving Element Mesh for Hydraulic Fracture Modelling
7. Study of Hydraulic Fracture Interference with a Lattice Model
8. The Tipping Point: How Tip Asymptotics Can Enhance Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Evolution
9. Plasticity: A Mechanism for Hydraulic Fracture Height Containment
10. Turbulent Flow Effects in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Permeable Rock
11. Analysis of a Constant Height Hydraulic Fracture
12. Discrete Element Modelling of Hydraulic Fracturing
Part III. Applications and Engineering Approaches
13. Interaction of a Hydraulic Fracture with Natural Fractures of Lesser Height and Weak Bedding Interfaces as a Possible Mechanism for Fracture Swarms
14. Hydraulic Fracturing Mechanisms Leading to Self-Organization within Dyke Swarms
15. Numerical Simulation of Thermal Fracturing During Heat Extraction from a Closed-Loop Circulation Enhanced Geothermal System
16. Multiple Hydraulic Fractures from a Highly Deviated Well: A XFEM Study
17. Hydraulic Fracturing-Induced Slip on a Permeable Fault