Brazilian disc (BD) testing is a typical method for measuring the indirect tensile strength of
rock materials. Both experimental and theoretical studies involving BD testing of anisotropic …

Shale is a common layered sedimentary rock containing bedding interfaces in oil and gas
reservoirs. In hydraulic fracturing of shales, the fracturing fluid could flow into bedding …

Shale is known to exhibit significant creep across spatiotemporal scales. In this work, we
performed indentation and triaxial creep tests on organic-rich Woodford shale and showed …

Mitigating the hazard of fault reactivation during CO 2 _2 injection and oil production is
important for ensuring environmental sustainability of geologic carbon sequestration and …

Fracture penetration or deflection may occur when the hydraulic fracture approaches weak
interface in multi-layered formation. However, the intrinsic mechanism of fracture …

Evaluating the physical mechanisms that link hydraulic fracturing (HF) operations to induced
earthquakes and the anticipated form of the resulting events is significant in informing …

Abstract In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (NFR) diffuse fractures arrangement results from
mechanical stratigraphy and tectonic history during failure. Thus, modelling Discrete …

Fluid driven fracturing plays a key role in several industrial applications, such as stimulation
of O&G reservoirs, development of enhanced geothermal systems, and geological carbon …

Numerous processes in geomechanics are time-or rate-dependent. For example, the load-
deformation responses of geologic materials such as soils and rocks are known to be …