Mechanics of Light Weight Proppants: A Discrete Approach
Proppants are a specific application of granular materials used in oil/gas well stimulation. Employment of hard and soft particle mixtures is one of the many approaches availed by the industry to improve fracture resistance and the stability of the granular pack in the hydraulic fracture. Current...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10858 |