Although hydraulic fracturing is a mature technology that has been used commercially since
the late 1940s, the development of unconventional hydrocarbon fields with the combination …

Hydraulic fractures represent a particular class of tensile fractures that propagate in solid
media under pre-existing compressive stresses as a result of internal pressurization by an …

Proppant transport is a critical physical process in hydraulic fracturing which has been
extensively used for reservoir stimulation in petroleum engineering. Proppants injected …

Nearly 70 years old, hydraulic fracturing is a core technique for stimulating hydrocarbon
production in a majority of oil and gas reservoirs. Complex fluids are implemented in nearly …

The numerical simulation of hydraulic fractures is a critical yet challenging computational
problem due to its multi-physics nature. This paper develops an integrated hydraulic …

We implement proppant transport in a three-dimensional hydraulic fracturing simulator,
including proppant settlement due to gravity, tip screen-out, and fracture closure …

This study uses an Implicit Level Set Algorithm (ILSA) to model the propagation of planar
hydraulic fractures in situations when their progress is determined by an interplay of fluid …

A comprehensive investigation of the dynamical characteristics of proppant-laden flow
systems in hydraulic fractures is important for the development of unconventional oil and gas …

The aim of this study is to develop a model for proppant transport in hydraulic fractures
capable of capturing both gravitational settling and tip screen-out effects, while prohibiting …

The residual opening of fluid-driven fractures is conditioned by proppant distribution and has
a significant impact on fracture conductivity-a key parameter to determine fluid production …