Paper Title:

Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Characteristics of Low Permeable Coal-Rock Mass

Periodical Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 482 - 484)
Main Theme Advanced Composite Materials
Edited by Wenzhe Chen, Xingjun Liu, Pinqiang Dai, Yonglu Chen and Zhengyi Jiang
Pages 1668-1671
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.482-484.1668
Citation Zhi Gang Yuan et al., 2012, Advanced Materials Research, 482-484, 1668
Online since February, 2012
Authors Zhi Gang Yuan, Hong Tu Wang, Nian Ping Liu
Keywords Fracture Propagation, Hydraulic Fracturing, Low Permeability, Numerical Simulation
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Abstract

Based on the coal-rock mass deformation model, hydraulic pressure descent model in fracture, fracture propagation model and its growth criterion, the mathematical model of hydraulic fracturing of low permeable coal-rock mass is established, and the influencing factors such as injection pressure, elastic modulus of coal-rock mass and in-situ stress, which affect the characteristics of hydraulic fracture propagation, are studied using the ANSYS software. The results show that fracture length presents a linear increase and widest width increases as an exponent function with the increase of injection pressure, and the ability of making fracture width is greater than fracture length during late fracturing; besides, with the increase of Young’s modulus of coal-rock mass and least horizontal stress, fracture length and widest width decrease, which are independent of maximum horizontal stress. The obtained conclusions provide a guiding role for the optimization of operation parameters of field hydraulic fracturing of low permeable coal-rock.