A peridynamic model for sleeved hydraulic fracture

Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current numerical methods in the eld of hydraulic fracturing are based mainly on continuum methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the Boundary Element Method (BEM). These methods are governed by Linear Elastic Fract...

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Main Author: Van Der Merwe, Carel Wagener
Other Authors: Turner, Dan Z.
Format: Others
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95993