Crustal stress determination from boreholes and rock cores: Fundamental principles

DR Schmitt, CA Currie, L Zhang - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Obtaining quantitative information on the state of stress in the crust can only be
accomplished by accessing the zone of interest by drilling. The borehole cavity, however …

Mechanical earth modeling for a vertical well drilled in a naturally fractured tight carbonate gas reservoir in the Persian Gulf

T Kidambi, GS Kumar - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a comprehensive integrated geomechanical analysis has been performed for
the construction of a one-dimensional Mechanical Earth Model (MEM) for a vertical well …

Polyaxial failure criteria for in situ stress analysis using borehole breakouts: Review of existing methods and development of an empirical alternative

M Trzeciak, H Sone - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of compressive wellbore failure, or breakouts, is one of the primary
methods of constraining the maximum horizontal stress in deep boreholes. To estimate …

Semi-analytical method for modeling wellbore breakout development

NB Setiawan, RW Zimmerman - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Borehole breakout initiation, progression, and stabilization are modeled using a semi-
analytical method based on Melentiev's graphical conformal mapping procedure, and …

Distribution of stress state in the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan and a comparison with Japan Trench

W Lin, TB Byrne, M Kinoshita, LC McNeill, C Chang… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
To better understand the distribution of three dimensional stress states in the Nankai
subduction zone, southwest Japan, we review various stress-related investigations carried …

Stress solutions for short-and long-term wellbore stability analysis

C Liu, Y Han, DT Phan, YN Abousleiman - Journal of Natural Gas Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous models have been proposed to address the time-delayed wellbore collapses or
untimely mud losses that have been widely reported in the field. There is still reluctance in …

Expedition 349 summary

CF Li, J Lin, DK Kulhanek, T Williams, R Bao, A Briais… - 2015 - boris.unibe.ch
C.-F. Li, J. Lin, DK Kulhanek, T. Williams, R. Bao, A. Briais, EA Brown, Y. Chen, PD Clift, FS
Colwell, KA Dadd, W.-W. Ding, I. Hernández-Almeida, X.-L. Huang, S. Hyun, T. Jiang, AAP …

Time-dependent brittle creep as a mechanism for time-delayed wellbore failure

M Schoenball, DP Sahara, T Kohl - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2014 - Elsevier
By drilling a wellbore cavity, high stresses arise at the wellbore wall, leading to the formation
of breakouts which enlarge the hole to an elongated shape oriented along the direction of …

[PDF][PDF] 基于多源应力数据的川南地区地应力特征分析

高桂云, 王成虎, 周昊, 谷佳诚 - Chinese Journal of Underground …, 2023 - dxkjxb.cqu.edu.cn
本文通过结合区域构造形迹分析, 原地应力实测资料, 震源机制数据以及钻孔破坏现象,
采用基于震源机制解的应力反演及基于应力多边形与钻孔破坏指标的应力量值估算方法 …

In situ stress states at KURT, an underground research laboratory in South Korea for the study of high-level radioactive waste disposal

Y Jo, C Chang, SH Ji, KW Park - Engineering Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute Underground Research Tunnel
(KURT) is an underground research laboratory in South Korea, built for investigations into …