Browsing School of Mining and Geosciences by Subject "Proppant embedment"

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UTILIZING ULTRASONIC WAVES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CONTACT STRESSES, AREAS, AND EMBEDMENT OF SPHERES IN MANUFACTURED MATERIALS REPLICATING PROPPANTS AND BRITTLE ROCKS

Bou-Hamdan, Kamel Fahmi; Abbas, Azza Hashim (Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021-12-02)

In the oil and gas industry, hydraulic fracturing (HF) is a common application to create additional permeability in unconventional reservoirs. Using proppant in HF requires understanding the interactions with rocks such ...