DEM-CFD Modeling of Proppant Pillar Deformation and Stability during the Fracturing Fluid Flowback

In this study, proppant pillar deformation and stability during the fracturing fluid flowback of channel fracturing was simulated with DEM-CFD- (discrete element method-computational fluid dynamics-) coupling method. Fibers were modeled by implementing the bonded particle model for contacts between...

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Main Authors: Haiyan Zhu, Jiadong Shen, Fengshou Zhang, Bo Huang, Liaoyuan Zhang, Wei Huang, John D. McLennan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3535817