Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation

Hydraulic fracture monitoring is very useful to understand real-time fracture movement to ensure unwanted events. Active seismic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation was studied numerically and experimentally. A discrete element method code was used for modelling the interaction of seismic w...

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Main Author: Nabipour, Amin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1391
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description Hydraulic fracture monitoring is very useful to understand real-time fracture movement to ensure unwanted events. Active seismic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation was studied numerically and experimentally. A discrete element method code was used for modelling the interaction of seismic waves with a propagating hydraulic fracture. A true triaxial stress cell was modified to conduct hydraulic fracturing ultrasonic monitoring experiments. Different seismic events were analysed and compared to estimate fracture geometry in real-time.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-13912017-02-20T06:41:51Z Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation Nabipour, Amin Hydraulic fracture monitoring is very useful to understand real-time fracture movement to ensure unwanted events. Active seismic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation was studied numerically and experimentally. A discrete element method code was used for modelling the interaction of seismic waves with a propagating hydraulic fracture. A true triaxial stress cell was modified to conduct hydraulic fracturing ultrasonic monitoring experiments. Different seismic events were analysed and compared to estimate fracture geometry in real-time. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1391 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Nabipour, Amin
Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
title Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
title_full Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
title_fullStr Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
title_short Experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
title_sort experimental and numerical study of ultrasonic monitoring of hydraulic fracture propagation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1391