ANALYTICAL SOLUTION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROBLEM FOR NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:13:"A. M. Lin’kov";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"text";}
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:158:"Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bol’shoi pr. V. O. 61, Saint Petersburg, 199178 Russia voknilal@hotmail.com";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"html";}
Keywords: Hydraulic fracture, non-Newtonian fluid, particle velocity, analytical solution
Pages: 11-21
Abstract
The paper presents analytical solution for hydraulic fracture driven by a non-Newtonian fluid and propagating under plane strain conditions in cross sections parallel to the fracture front. Conclusions are drawn on the influence of the fluid properties on the fracture propagation.
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