Particle and fluid flow is a general problem existing in a series of engineering activities
during oil and gas development. Many efforts have been made to investigate the migration …

This paper provides a comprehensive review on the application of proppants to maintain
fracture permeability over the lifetime of a well based on published observations from …

In this paper, an integrated discrete-element-method (DEM)/computational-fluid-dynamics
(CFD) numerical-modeling work flow is developed to model proppant embedment and …

In this study, the coupled CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)-DEM (Discrete Element
Method) method is employed to simulate the proppant transport process in a hydraulic …

Natural gas extraction is a greener solution to world energy resource depletion and water-
based hydraulic fracturing is traditionally used to produce gas from deep and tight …

This paper introduces a new method to predict conductivity in channel fracturing by
implementing analytical solution in Discrete Element Method (DEM). First, an analytical …

In this paper, a seepage-stress coupling numerical analysis method is developed to
simulate complex hydraulic fracturing in porous medium, in which the characteristics of …

The development ofshale gas involves two critical processes including fracturing
andtransportation. To realize reticular fractures in the shale layerof multi-phase under more …

A novel phase field model of two-phase fluid flow based on the interaction between solid
and pore fluids for modelling hydraulic fracture propagation in poro-elastic media is …

Proppants are widely used during hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas industry. This paper
compares the crushing characteristics of four different types of proppant with three different …