Difficulties encountered in describing fracture flow using classical fluid flow equations has
led to extensive studies of the roughness effect on fracture flow over the past 70 years …

Flow of non-Newtonian fluids in rock fractures is ubiquitous in engineering practice and
involves eg cement flow in tunnel grouting, drilling fluid flow when a fracture is met during …

The third edition of Bubbles, Drops, and Particles in Non-Newtonian Fluids provides
comprehensive coverage of the scientific foundations and the latest advances in particle …

Summary Plug-and-perforation (PnP) completion has been widely used in horizontal wells
for the development of unconventional reservoirs. In the field, uneven proppant distribution …

Slickwater fracturing has become one of the most leveraging completion technologies in
unlocking hydrocarbon in unconventional reservoirs. In slickwater treatments, proppant …

Fluids exhibiting non-Newtonian rheologies are used in a range of applications, including
hydraulic fracturing, enhanced oil recovery, remediation, and industrial processes. Hydraulic …

Flow of typical non-Newtonian fluids such as cement grouts can experience different
regimes as the Reynolds number (Re) changes, understanding of which is important for …

Fluid flow in rock fractures is described by Darcy's law and its nonlinear extension, the
Forchheimer equation in form of a quadratic polynomial. Since the nonlinearity of the …

The long-term productivity of shale reservoirs is determined by shale gas diffusion properties
in tight mudrocks, particularly in nanoporous organic matter (OM), within which the shale gas …

Fluid flow through fractures is central to many engineering applications and geophysical
processes. Although the intertwined effects of aperture heterogeneity and inertial forces on …