Hydraulic fracture tests were carried out in two geologically different soft sensitive clays in order to study the fracture pattern which had formed in situ around inserted piezometers. Piezometers of different lengths were used in the test program, and a methylene blue dye was used to mark the fissures. The fractured clay was recovered with a large diameter block sampler and the fissures identified and mapped. Well defined vertical fractures developed around the long piezometer tips but not around the ones of zero length. In all tests, however, fractures inclined from 20 to 35 degrees from the horizontal developed above each piezometer tip, tracing the surface of an inverse cone with its apex at the top of the piezometer. The paper discuss...
The engineering properties of saturated clay soils may be greatly affected by water. In certain situ...
This study investigated the propagation of an induced hydraulic fracture experimentally. A true tria...
textMost models developed for hydraulic fracturing in unconsolidated sands are based on Linear Elast...
Field values of horizontal hydraulic conductivity measured in the upper 1.5-5.5 m of a weathered and...
The main objective of this investigation was to develop a piezometer insertion technique that would ...
The heterogeneity of layered systems leads to variation in rock or soil mechanical properties, influ...
Hydraulic fracturing in clayey soils can be triggered by either tensile or shear failure. In this pa...
Hydraulic fracturing in clayey soils can be triggered by either tensile or shear failure. In this pa...
This thesis concerns an experimental investigation of hydraulic fracturing when the water pressure i...
Novel experimental capabilities to study hydraulic fracturing in the laboratory are developed and ut...
Hydraulic fracturing is a potential cause for the leakage of earth dams or the loss of fluid in dril...
Soil fracturing due to fluid injection involves various macro- and micro-mechanisms. Soil fracturing...
Construction of cavities in the subsurface is always accompanied by excavation damage. Especially in...
Hydraulic fracturing is a stimulation technique widely used to enhance hydrocarbon production and ge...
In order to obtain the mechanical behaviour parameters of the red structured clays from the Danube- ...
The engineering properties of saturated clay soils may be greatly affected by water. In certain situ...
This study investigated the propagation of an induced hydraulic fracture experimentally. A true tria...
textMost models developed for hydraulic fracturing in unconsolidated sands are based on Linear Elast...
Field values of horizontal hydraulic conductivity measured in the upper 1.5-5.5 m of a weathered and...
The main objective of this investigation was to develop a piezometer insertion technique that would ...
The heterogeneity of layered systems leads to variation in rock or soil mechanical properties, influ...
Hydraulic fracturing in clayey soils can be triggered by either tensile or shear failure. In this pa...
Hydraulic fracturing in clayey soils can be triggered by either tensile or shear failure. In this pa...
This thesis concerns an experimental investigation of hydraulic fracturing when the water pressure i...
Novel experimental capabilities to study hydraulic fracturing in the laboratory are developed and ut...
Hydraulic fracturing is a potential cause for the leakage of earth dams or the loss of fluid in dril...
Soil fracturing due to fluid injection involves various macro- and micro-mechanisms. Soil fracturing...
Construction of cavities in the subsurface is always accompanied by excavation damage. Especially in...
Hydraulic fracturing is a stimulation technique widely used to enhance hydrocarbon production and ge...
In order to obtain the mechanical behaviour parameters of the red structured clays from the Danube- ...
The engineering properties of saturated clay soils may be greatly affected by water. In certain situ...
This study investigated the propagation of an induced hydraulic fracture experimentally. A true tria...
textMost models developed for hydraulic fracturing in unconsolidated sands are based on Linear Elast...