49th US Rock
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 1
3D Modeling of Sand Production in Waterflooding by Coupled Flow/ Geomechanical Numerical Solutions........................................ 1
Nassir, Mohammad; Walters, Dale; Yale, David; Chivvis, Robert ; Turak, Joseph
A
A Calibrated Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) Model for Simulating Crack Growth in Granitic Rock Considering
Grain Scale Heterogeneity of Polycrystalline Rock ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Farahmand, Kiarash; Diederichs, Mark Stephan
A Case Study for Wellpath Optimization and Drilling Risk Reduction for Vaca Muerta Shale in Argentina ..................................... 23
Kosset, Talgat; Tutuncu, Azra
A Combined Experimental (Micro-CT) Numerical (FDEM) Methodology to Study Rock Joint Asperities Subjected
to Direct Shear .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Tatone, Bryan; Grasselli, Giovanni
A Comparison of Stress Evolution in Single-Layer and Multilayer Buckle Folds.................................................................................... 48
Liu, Xiaolong; Eckert, Andreas; Connolly, Peter
A Creep Constitutive Model Considering Geometric Damage of Fractured Rock Mass and Its Application ...................................... 63
Li, Yong; Zhou, Hao; Zhu, Weishen; Li, Shucai; Liu, Tong
A Finite Element Geomechanical Study of the Brittle Failure of a Caprock Due to Deflation ............................................................... 70
Defoort, Thibaut; Zimmerman, Robert W.; Salimzadeh, Saeed; Paluszny, Adriana
A Joint Asperity Degradation Model Based on the Wear Process.............................................................................................................. 80
Li, Yingchun; Oh, Joung; Mitra, Rudrajit; Hebblewhite, Bruce
A New Method for Assessment of Rock Drillability Based on Indentation Tests ..................................................................................... 88
Deng, Yong; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Lu, Yunhu; Zou, Daiwu; Shan, Qinglin; Jiang, Hailong
A Numerical Study of the Parameters That Affect the Induced Principal Stresses by Hydraulic Fracturing in a
Shale Formation................................................................................................................................................................................................ 94
Akbarzadeh, Yasser; Miller, Hugh
A Practical Log-Based Approach for Assessing and Preventing Wellbore Instability Considering Both Mechanical
and Shale Swelling Effects ............................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Likrama, Fatmir; Diaz, Arturo
A Simplified Analysis of Stresses in Rising Salt Domes and Adjacent Sediments .................................................................................. 106
Heidari, Mahdi; Nikolinakou, Maria; Flemings, Peter; Hudec, Michael
Analysis and Design of Pillars for Cave Mining - A Comparative Assessment of Empirical Methods ................................................ 113
Villalobos, Sergio
Analysis of Stimulated Volume Resulting from Fluid Injection Into a Fracture Rock Mass ................................................................ 119
Verde, Alexander
Analysis of Stress Variations with Depth in the Permian Basin Spraberry/Dean/Wolfcamp Shale ..................................................... 126
Xu, Shaochuan; Zoback, Mark
Analytical Model of Accelerating Gas Flow-Induced Conductivity Damage in Propped Hydraulic Fractures.................................. 133
Jiang, Hailong; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Xu, Yongjun; Zhou, Yu; Du, Xiaoyu; Sun, Zhifan
Anisotropic Seismic Velocities Around Salt Structures Via Stress Modelling ........................................................................................ 138
Rodriguez-Herrera, Adrian; Koutsabeloulis, Nick; Zdraveva, Olga
A New Optical Fiber Sensor for Reading RGB Intensities of Light Returning from an Observation Point in GeoMaterials.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 143
Akutagawa, Shinichi; Machijima, Yuichi
Application of Analytical Probabilistic Method to Estimate Minimum Horizontal in Situ Stress Froma Leak-Off
Test (LOT) Acquired in a High Inclined Well in a Deepwater Turbidites Oil Field, Offshore Brasil ................................................. 150
Galarraga, Miguel
Application of Programmatic Gridding Technique to Advanced Reservoir Geomechanics Modeling................................................ 157
Li, H.; Zheng, L.-N.; Lee, S.; Chalaturnyk, R.
Assessment of Stress Changes in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Using Analytical Methods ......................................................................... 164
Quispe, Roberto; Firme, Pedro; Roehl, Deane; Parotidis, Miltiadis; Domingues, Ana; Paullo, Luis
Behavior of Salt from the Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome................................................................................................................................ 170
Ingraham, Mathew; Broome, Scott; Bauer, Stephen; Barrow, Perry; Flint, Gregory
Biological Influences in the Subsurface: A Method to Seal Fractures and Reduce Permeability with MicrobiallyInduced Calcite Precipitation........................................................................................................................................................................ 178
Phillips, Adrienne; Gerlach, Robin; Hiebert, Randy; Kirksey, Jim; Spangler, Lee; Esposito, Richard; Cunningham, Al
Brittleness Determination of Rock Using Rock Physics Techniques Calibrated with Macro Damage ................................................ 184
Geng, Zhi; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Du, Xiaoyu; Yang, Shuai; Li, DanDan; Fang, Xin
Caprock Safety Factor Assessment of SAGD Projects............................................................................................................................... 193
Xiong, Jun; Chalaturnyk, Richard J.
Capturing Early Evolution of Salt Openings .............................................................................................................................................. 201
Hansen, Frank; Howard, Cliff; Kuhlman, Kris; Holland, John
Case Study: Understanding the Mechanics Behind the Rockmass Deformation Observed in an Extraction Drive at
New Gold's New Afton Mine Block Cave Operation.................................................................................................................................. 209
Davies, Andy
Comparison of Injection-Induced Fault Reactivation and Seismicity in CO2 Sequestration and Shale-Gas
Fracturing........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 216
Rutqvist, Jonny; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio; Cappa, Frederic
Contribution of Shear Slip in a Widespread Compressive Pillar Failure................................................................................................ 226
Poeck, Eric; Garvey, Ryan; Zhang, Kun; Ozbay, Ugur
Coupled Numerical Simulation of Formation Rock and Cement Sheath Effect on Vertical Cased Well Fracturing ........................ 234
Du, Xiaoyu; Jin, Yan; Lu, Yunhu; Geng, Zhi; Zhang, Yayun; Chen, Mian; Yang, Henglin; Jiang, Hailong
Crack Band Approach to Model 3D Hydraulic Fracturing of Gas Shale Stratum ................................................................................ 240
Chau, Viet; Bazant, Zdenek; Su, Y; Salviato, M
Design and Construction of a Deep Excavation in Extremely Poor Rock Mass ..................................................................................... 247
Richards, Donald; Castelli, Raymond; Clark, Gordon
Development of a Geoperidynamic Model for Hydraulic Fracture.......................................................................................................... 256
Edmiston, John
Development of Soil-Water Coupled NMM-DDA ...................................................................................................................................... 265
Hashimoto, Ryota; Koyama, Tomofumi; Kikumoto, Mamoru
Effect of Fracture Heterogeneities on Reactive Flow ................................................................................................................................. 272
Elkhoury, Jean E.; Iyer, Jaisree
Evaluation of Conditions of Rock Bolts Affected by Corrosion Using Pulse Echo and Acoustic Emission Methods......................... 279
Medfouni, El Moetazz Billeh Ishak; Kodjo, Apedovi Serge; Saleh, Kaveh; Rivard, Patrice; Quirion, Marco
Experimental Assessment of the Influences of Temperature on Geomechanical Characteristics of a Carbonate
Reservoir.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 286
Memarian, Hossein; Mehrgini, Behzad; Eshraghi, Hassan; Dusseault, Maurice B.; Niknejad, Maryam; Hassanzade, Maryam;
Ghavidel, Ali
Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Pore Pressure on Rock Permeability-Bakken Formation Case ..................................... 295
He, Jun; Ling, Kegang; Pei, Peng; Ni, Xiao
Experimental Study on Loading-Unloading Failure Process of Marble in Jinping II Hydropower Station, China .......................... 302
Pan, Peng-Zhi; Ji, Wei-Wei; Feng, Xia-Ting
Exploring Conceptual Models of Hydraulic Fracture Network Growth ................................................................................................. 308
Senthilnathan, Sid; McClure, Mark W.
Field and Experimental Brittleness (Toughness) Determination of Vaca Muerta Shale. ...................................................................... 319
Chavez, Ariel Alejandro; Otegui, Jose Luis; Morris, Walter; Sánchez, Martín; Bianchi, Gustavo L.
Finite Element Analysis of Casing-In-Casing Integrity Due to Annulus Pressurization by Means of Salt Creep .............................. 326
Melo, Daniel; Fontoura, Sergio; Inoue, Nelson; Anjos, Jorel
Flow of High Solid Volume Fraction Fluids Through Fractures and Around Obstruction .................................................................. 334
Medina, Ricardo; Detwiler, Russell; Prioul, Romain; Morris, Joseph; Desroches, Jean; Ortega, Alberto
Fracture-Aperture Alteration Induced by Calcite Precipitation .............................................................................................................. 341
Jones, Trevor; Detwiler, Russell
Geomecanical Modeling in CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery .......................................................................................................................... 349
Jabbari, Hadi; Ostadhassan, Mehdi; Salehi, S.
Geo-Mechanical Model Test for Global Stability of High Arch Dam and Its Engineering Applications ............................................ 357
Chen, Yuan; Zhang, Lin; Yang, B. Q.; Dong, J. H.; Chen, J. Y.
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Geomechanical Fractured Reservoir Parameters ................................................................................... 366
Verde, Alexander
Ground Subsidence Model for a Panel Caving Exploitation at El Teniente Mine - CODELCO CHILE............................................ 372
Espinosa, Alejandro; Manso, G. A.
Helium-Mass-Spectrometry-Permeameter for the Measurement of Permeability of Low Permeability Rock with
Application to Triaxial Deformation Conditions ........................................................................................................................................ 379
Bauer, Stephen; Lee, Moo; Gardner, W. Payton
Horizontal Stress Modeling of Successively Built-Up Formations: The Effect of Viscous Relaxation and DepthDependent Hardening .................................................................................................................................................................................... 386
Hoeink, Tobias; van der Zee, Wouter; Moos, Daniel
Impact of Compression on Petrophysical and Mechanical Properties of Wellbore Cement Containing Salt ..................................... 393
Oyibo, Arome; Radonjic, Mileva
In Situ Stress Measurements During Well Abandonment......................................................................................................................... 400
Chan, Alvin; Ekbote, S.; Hows, M. P.; Wong, G. K.
Induced Microseismic Monitoring in Salt Caverns .................................................................................................................................... 407
Hosseini, Zara; Collins, David; Pinnock, Ian; Shumila, Vladimir; Trifu, Cezar
Induced Rockbursts and Inherent Rockbursts ........................................................................................................................................... 416
Deng, Jian
Influence of Microcrack Parameters on Splitting Failure of an Opening Under High Stress............................................................... 422
Nie, Taoyi; Pu, Hai; Wang, Lianguo; Lu, Yinlong
Injection Induced Fracturing as a Necessary Evil in Geologic CO2 Sequestration ................................................................................ 430
Taylor, Jacob; Bryant, Steven; Wu, Yun; Frei-Pearson, Abraham
Innovative In Situ Stress Testing Using Unconventional Equipment and Procedures for High-Pressure
Hydropower Tunnels...................................................................................................................................................................................... 440
Dickson, Peter; Kizilbash, Masrour; Young, John
Integrated Experimental and Computational Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Use of Alternative Fracking
Fluids................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 446
Viswanathan, Hari; Carey, James W.; Karra, Satish; Porter, Mark L.; Rougier, Esteban; Currier, Robert; Kang, Qinjun;
Zhou, Lei; Jimenez, Joaquin; Makedonska, Nataliia; Chen, Li; Hyman, Jeffrey
Investigating Block Caving Geomechanics Using Seismic Space-Time Sequences and Virtual Reality Scientific
Visualization.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 452
Tibbett, James; Suorineni, Fidelis; Hebblewhite, Bruce
Investigating the Evolution of Polygonal Fault Systems Using Geomechanical Forward Modeling .................................................... 465
Roberts, Daniel; Crook, Tony; Cartwright, Joe; Profit, Matthew
Investigation Into the Effect of Length to Diameter Ratio on the Point Load Strength Index of Gosford Sandstone ....................... 478
Masoumi, Hossein; Hagan, Paul; Forbes, Malcolm; Saydam, Serkan
Investigation of Roughness Algorithms Applied to Joint Roughness Coefficient Profiles for Assessment of
Weathering ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 489
Hudyma, Nick; Harris, Alan; Kreidl, O. Patrick; McGough, Mason; Kimes, Lexi
Laboratory Measurements of Flow Through Wellbore Ceement-Casing Microannuli ......................................................................... 497
Stormont, John; Ahmad, Rashid; Ellison, Joshua; Taha, Mahmoud; Matteo, Edward
Long-Term Compaction Behavior of Permian Sandstones – An Investigation Into the Mechanisms of Subsidence
in the Dutch Wadden Sea .............................................................................................................................................................................. 503
Hol, Sander; Mossop, Antony P.; van der Linden, Arjan J.; Zuiderwijk, Pedro M. M.; Makurat, Axel H.
Long-Term Creep Experiments on Haynesville Shale Rocks.................................................................................................................... 511
Rassouli, Fatemeh Zoback, Mark
Mapping Permeability Tensors in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs Using MEQ Data ...................................................................... 517
Fang, Yi; Elsworth, Derek; Cladouhos, Trenton
Matching 4D Seismic Time-Shifts in Structurally Complex Overburdens with 3D Geomechanica Models ....................................... 529
Onaisi, Atef; Rodriguez-Herrera, Adrian; Selva, Federico; Fiore, Julien; Koutsabeloulis, Nick
Mechanical Testing and Sealing Capacity of the Upper Jurassic Draupne Formation, North Sea ...................................................... 536
Skurtveit, Elin; Grande, Lars; Mondol, Nazmul H.; Gabrielsen, Roy H.; Faleide, Jan Inge; Ogebule, Oluwakemi Y.; Maurer,
Rudolf; Horsrud, Per
Mechanisms of EGS Creation at the Geysers (California) Revealed by Seismic Tomography, Spatiotemporal
Evolution of the Microseismic Events and Geomechanical Simulations.................................................................................................. 544
Rutqvist, Jonny; Jeanne, Pierre; Hutchings, Lawrence; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio; Singh, Ankit; Dobson, Patrick F.
Microstructure and Micromechanics of Wellbore Cements Under Compression and Thermal Loading ........................................... 552
Du, Hui; Radonjic, Mileva; Guo, Ruixuan
Modeling Interaction Between Natural Fractures and Hydraulic Fractures in Block Cave Mining ................................................... 562
He, Qingyuan; Suorineni, F.; Oh, J.
Modeling Natural Fracture Network Using Object-Based Simulation .................................................................................................... 571
Haddad, Mahdi; Sepehrnoori, Kamy; Srinivasan, S.
Modeling Overburden Strata Movement in Shallow Coal Seam Longwall Mining ............................................................................... 581
Li, Yang; Wu, Wei; Wang, Huaqun; Ge, Ying; Peng, Yusheng; Zhu, Meng
Movement Regularities of Roof Strata in Extra Thick Coal Seams with Fully-Mechanized Mining................................................... 586
Yan, Shaohong; Yu, Leu; Yin, Xiwen; Ning, Y.; Wang, Y. G.
Multi-Scale X-FEM Faults Simulations for Reservoir-Geomechanical Models...................................................................................... 596
Prevost, Jean H.; Sukumar, N.
Nanoindentation Creep Measurements on Shale........................................................................................................................................ 604
Mighani, Saied; Sondergeld, Carl H.; Rai, Chandra S.; Taneja, Shantanu
Nonlinear Failure Mechanism and Dynamic Simulation of the Deep Rock Engineering ...................................................................... 611
Zhang, Ning; Wang, Mingyang; Li, Jie; Ma, Lijian; Fan, Pengxian
Numerical Calculation of Fault Reactivation and Resultant Seismic Behavior Related to Cuttings Reinjection in
Offshore West Africa ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 622
Shen, Xinpu; Shen, Guoyang; Standifird, William
Numerical Model of Extended Leak-Off Test (XLOT) .............................................................................................................................. 630
Bauer, Andreas; Larsen, Idar; Lavrov, Alexandre
Numerical Model of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Transport in the Subsurface with Pressure Transient and Density
Effects............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 636
Birdsell, Daniel; Rajaram, Harihar; Viswanathan, Hari; Dempsey, David
Numerical Modelling of Casing Integrity in Salt Layers Including the Effects of Dissolution and Creep .......................................... 646
Velilla Uribe, Juan David; Inoue, Nelson; Fontoura, Sergio; Anjos, Jorel Lopez
Numerical Simulation for Shear Behaviors of Rock Joints Under Direct Shear Test............................................................................ 656
Tien, Yong Ming; Lu, Yu-Chen; Hsu, Kae-Shyang
Numerical Simulations on the Motions of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Jet and Its Abrasive Particle.............................................. 663
He, Zhenguo; Li, Gensheng; Wang, Haizhu; Tian, Shouceng; Shen, Zhonghou
Numerical Study of Crack Coalescence in Rock Under Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading by Using the Distinct
Lattice Spring Model...................................................................................................................................................................................... 674
Jiang, Chao; Zhao, Gaofeng
Numerical Study of Rock Aggregate Materials Under Various Loadings............................................................................................... 681
Zhu, Libao; Erarslan, Nazife; Williams, David J.; Ghamgosar, Morteza; Serati, Mehdi
Numerical Study on the Heterogeneities of Rock Material Under Brazilian Test .................................................................................. 686
Ma, Jianjun; Zhao, Gaofeng; Wang, Jun
Observation and Modeling of Fluid Flow Under Matrix and Fracturing Injections in Unconsolidated Sand.................................... 692
Dudley, John; Wong, George; Chudnovsky, Alexander; Golovin, Edward; Shulkin, Yuri
On Poroelastic Inclusions and Its Applications in Reservoir Mechanics ................................................................................................. 703
Bedayat, Houman; Dahi Taleghani, Arash
On the Tunnelling in the Weak Slate Formations in Taiwan .................................................................................................................... 709
Shou, K.J.; Lee, Chul-Hee
On the Use of Double Differences in Inversion of Surface Movement Measurements ........................................................................... 716
Fokker, Peter A.; Van Thienen-Visser, Karin
Optimum Condition of Hydraulic Fracture-Natural Fracture Interaction in Shale Block Experiments ............................................ 726
Chen, Mian; Hou, Bing; Jin, Yan; Lin, Botao; Diao, Ce; Zhang, Xiang
Performance of Drilled Shafts Socketed in the Dead Sea Crystalline Salt Under Short Term Vertical Loading
Condition ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 740
Fayed, Ayman
Permeability Variations Associated with Various Stress State During Pore Pressure Injection .......................................................... 752
Chalaturnyk, Richard J.; Huang, Haibo; Wang, Xinkui; Leung, Juliana
Pore Pressure Estimation in a Tight Sand Reservoir: Neuquén Basin, Case Study ............................................................................... 761
Mendoza A., Marcos Alvarez, Juan Pablo Winograd, Emilio A. Sánchez, Martín
Proppant Transport at the Fracture Scale: Simulation and Experiment ................................................................................................ 768
Roy, Pratanu; Walsh, Stuart; Du Frane, Wyatt
Proppant and Host Rock Deformation in Fractured Shale Flow Through Experiments ...................................................................... 777
Ingraham, Mathew; Bauer, Stephen; Bolintineau, Dan; Rao, Rekha; Lechman, Jeremy; Quintana, Enrico
Qualifying Stress Direction from Borehole Shear Sonic Anisotropy........................................................................................................ 784
Donald, J.; Wielemaker, Erik; Karpfinger, Florian; Gomez, Francisco; Liang, Xinyu; Tingay, Mark
Rate Type Isotach Compaction of Consolidated Sandstone ...................................................................................................................... 794
Waal, Hans; Thienen-Visser, Karin; Pruiksma, Jitse
VOLUME 2
Recent Tests and Large Excavations in Underground Research Laboratories and Facilities .............................................................. 802
Wang, Joseph
Redistribution of Stresses Due to Drilling and Depletion Using Different Plasticity Models ................................................................ 811
Akl, Sherif
Reducing the Uncertainty in Tight Rock Porosity Estimation by Combining Different Methods-Bakken Formation
Case .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 819
Ling, Kegang; He, Jun; Pei, Peng; Ni, Xiao
Relating Static and Dynamic Mechanical Anisotropies of Shale .............................................................................................................. 833
Holt, Rune M.; Bauer, Andreas; Fjaer, Erling; Stenebråten, Jørn F; Szewczyk, Dawid; Horsrud, Per
Relative Importance of THM Effects During Non-Isothermal Fluid Injection in Fractured Media.................................................... 840
Valley, Benoît C.; Evans, Keith F.; Jalali, Mohammadreza; Dusseault, Maurice B.
Rock Burst of Underground Pillars.............................................................................................................................................................. 848
Hosseini, Omid; Theodore, Roosevelt; Razavi, Mehrdad; Fakhimi, Ali
Rock Mechanical Design of Gas Storage Caverns in the Salt Dome Edge Region.................................................................................. 855
Zapf, Dirk
Rock-Burst Simulations with 2D-DDA: Preliminary Results.................................................................................................................... 863
Zelig, Ravit; H. Hatzor, Yossef; Feng, Xia-Ting
Screening of the EOR Potential of a Wolfcamp Shale Oil Reservoir ....................................................................................................... 873
Sheng, James; Mody, Fersheed; Watson, Marshall; Porter, Mark L.; Viswanathan, Hari; Barnes, Warren; Cook, Tim
Simple Modeling of Time-Dependent Behavior for Normally Consolidated Soil to Structured Soil.................................................... 878
Nakai, Teruo; Shahin, Hossain; Kyokawa, Hiroyuki
Simulation of a Microseismic Depletion Delineation Test ......................................................................................................................... 886
Norbeck, Jack; Horne, Roland
Strategies for Forward Modeling the Evolution of Geological Structures Undergoing Large Deformation....................................... 891
Roberts, Daniel; Profit, Matthew; Armstrong, James; Crook, Anthony; Yu, Jianguo
Stress Changes Associated with the Evolution of a Salt Diapir Into a Salt Sheet ................................................................................... 899
Nikolinakou, Maria-Aikaterini; Flemings, Peter; Hudec, Michael; Heidari, Mahdi
Stress Dependency of Rock Tensile Strength .............................................................................................................................................. 906
Mighani, Saied; Sondergeld, Carl H.; Rai, Chandra S.
Stress-Dependent Permeability Model of Laminated Gas Shale .............................................................................................................. 912
Geilikman, Mikhail; Wong, Sau-Wai; Karanikas, John
Structural Design of Tunnel Supports by Combining a Point Estimate Method with a Deterministic Numerical
Analysis Code (FLAC2D) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 919
Park, Dohyun; Park, Eui-Seob
Study on the Rheological Properties of the Surrounding Rock of a Deep Buried Phyllite Tunnel....................................................... 925
Yao, Hailin; Lu, Zheng; Liu, Jie; Yu, Dongming; Li, Shaojun
Subsidence Due to Gas Production in the Wadden Sea: How to Ensure No Harm Will Be Done to Nature ...................................... 933
Thienen-Visser, Karin; Muntendam-Bos, Annemarie; Breunese, Jaap
Surface Subsidence Induced by Hydrocarbons Extraction, and the Potential for Time-Dependent Ground
Deformations................................................................................................................................................................................................... 942
Marketos, G.; Govers, R.M.A.; Spiers, C.J.
TBM Tunneling in Discontinuous Rock Masses ......................................................................................................................................... 950
Zhang, Zixin; Wang, S. F.; Huang, X.
The Effect of Desorption-Induced Porosity-Permeability Changes and Geomechanics on Production from U.S.
Shale Gas Formations .................................................................................................................................................................................... 955
Eshkalak, Mohammad; Aybar, Umut
The Effect of Poroelastic Stress Changes on the Triggering Front of Induced Seismicity During Fluid Injection ............................ 965
Rahner, Roman; Sone, Hiroki; Dresen, Georg
The Effect of Rock Mineralogic and Petrographic Properties on Stone Cutting Feed Rate ................................................................. 970
Yurdakul, Murat; Akdas, Hurriyet
The Fully Coupled Fluid Flow and Geo-Mechanics Model for Simulating Simultaneous Multiple Hydraulic
Fractures Propagation in Horizontal Wells................................................................................................................................................. 976
Chang, Xin; Shi, Xian; Cheng, Yuanfang; Han, Xiuting
The Impacts of Fracturing Fluid Viscosity and Injection Rate on the Near Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture
Propagation in Cased Perforated Wellbores ............................................................................................................................................... 984
Fallahzadeh, Seyed Hassan; Cornwell, Ashton; Rasouli, Vamegh; Hossain, Mofazzal
The Influence of Fracturing Fluids on Fracturing Processes: A Comparison Between Gas and Water............................................ 1002
Wang, Jiehao; Elsworth, Derek; Zhu, Wancheng; Liu, Jishan; Wu, Yu
The Technology and Practice of Rockburst Prevention in Chinese Deep Coal Mine........................................................................... 1011
Qi, Qingxin; Li, Junliang; Ning, Yu; Ouyang, Zhenhua; Zhao, Shankun; Like, Wei
The Use of Multistage Hydraulic Fracture Data to Identify Stress Shadow Effects ............................................................................ 1018
Skomorowski, Natalia; Dussealut, M. B.; Gracie, R.
The Use of Numerical Methods in Simulating the Influence of Geological Structure on the Surface Subsidence
Associated with Sub-Level Caving.............................................................................................................................................................. 1026
Hamdi, Pooya; Stead, Doug; Elmo, Davide; Töyrä, Jimmy
Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Injection Method on Shear Stimulation of Enhanced
Geothermal Reservoirs ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1037
Damjanac, Branko; Radakovic-Guzina, Zorica; Katsaga, Tatyana; Riahi, Azadeh
Attenuation of Seismic Waves in Brine Saturated Hawkesbury Sandstone: An Experimental Study............................................... 1046
Rathnaweera, Tharaka; Ramjith, P. G.; Perera, M. S. A.
True-Triaxial Hydraulic Fracturing of Niobrara Carbonate Rock as an Analogue for Complex Oil and Gas
Reservoir Stimulation .................................................................................................................................................................................. 1053
Frash, Luke Philip; Gutierrez, Marte; Tutuncu, Azra; Hood, John; Mohktari, Mehdi
Underground Disposal of Fine Coal Waste ............................................................................................................................................... 1064
Osouli, Abdolreza; Zamiran, Siavash; Salam, Sajjad; Ostadhassan, Mehdi
Underground Research Laboratories for Conducting Fault Activation Experiments in Shales ........................................................ 1072
Nussbaum, Christophe; Guglielmi, Yves; Henry, Pierre; Gout, Claude; Dick, Pierre; Amann, Florian
Use of Digital Imaging Processing Techniques to Characterise Block Caving Secondary Fragmentation and
Implications for a Proposed Cave-To-Mill Approach .............................................................................................................................. 1078
Liu, Yubo; Nadolski, Stefan; Elmo, Davide; Klein, Bern; Scoble, Malcolm
Use of Geodesy to Discriminate Deformation Mechanics in Geothermal Reservoirs........................................................................... 1086
Im, Kyungjae; Elsworth, Derek; Guglielmi, Yves; Mattioli, Glen
Use of Micro-Seismic Monitoring Data as an Aid to Rock Mechanics Decision Making and Mine Design
Verification.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1093
Simser, Brad; Butler, Tony; Jalbout, Ali; Deredin, Rick
Use of Rock Mass Classification in Prefeasibility Studies: An Illustrative Study ................................................................................. 1109
Zvarivadza, Tawanda
Using Particle Flow Code in Unloading of Sliding Mass.......................................................................................................................... 1118
Behbahani, Seyed Saleh; Moarefvand, Parviz; Ahangari, Kaveh; Goshtasbi, Kamran; Iseley, Tom
Variability of Mechanical Properties of Bimrock..................................................................................................................................... 1125
Tien, Yong Ming; Lu, Yu-Chen; Cheng, Hung-Hao
Weathering Profiles of Some Sandstones from Sunshine Coast, Australia - Morphological and Geotechnical
Approach ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1133
Marques, Eduardo; Williams, David J.
Wellbore Instability During Plasma Torch Drilling in Geothermal Reservoirs ................................................................................... 1141
Soliman, M. Y.; Rezaei, Ali; Habibpour, Mahdi; Bazargan, Mohsen; Forbes Inskip, Nathaniel; Gudmundsson, Agust; Meredith,
Philip
3D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing and Stress Perturbations During Fluid Injection ................................................................... 1145
Roche, Vincent; van der Baan, Mirko; Preisig, Giona
3D Simulation of Multiple Fracture Propagation from Horizontal Wells ............................................................................................. 1155
Kumar, Dharmendra; Ghassemi, Ahmad
3D Simulation of Fluid-Pressure-Induced Fracture Nucleation and Growth in Rock Samples.......................................................... 1168
Mahabadi, Omid; Alruwaili, Khalid; Lisjak, Andrea; Tatone, Bryan; Couples, Gary; Ma, Jingsheng; Al-Nakhli, Ayman
A 2D Experimental Method with Results for Hydraulic Fractures Crossing Discontinuities............................................................. 1176
Kear, James; Jeffrey, Rob; Kasperczyk, Dane; Zhang, Xi; Chuprakov, D; Prioul, Romain; Schouten, J.
A Finite Element Technique with Triangular Gird Split Method for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Simulation in
Reservoirs ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1188
Shi, Xian; Cheng, Yuanfang; Chang, Xin; McLennan, John; Sun, Baojiang
A Method for Simulation of Longwall Goaf.............................................................................................................................................. 1196
Banerjee, Gautam; Ghosh, Nilabjendu; Kumbhakar, Dilip; Yadava, Keshar
A New Method to Measure Tri-Axial Static Strain Change Based on Relative Displacements Between Points for
Open Pit Slopes and Underground Structures.......................................................................................................................................... 1206
Yang, Ruilin; Preece, Dale
A New Prediction Model of Energy Consumption on Rock Fragmentation and Rate of Penetration Based on the
Fractal Theory .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1215
Deng, Yong; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Lu, Yunhu; Zou, Daiwu; Du, Xiaoyu; Jiang, Hailong
A Newly Developed Centrifuge Testing Program of SAGD Caprock Integrity .................................................................................... 1220
Wu, Jingyu; Zambrano-Narvaez, Gonzalo; Chalaturnyk, Richard J.
A Parametric Study of Critical Factors That Affect Stability of a Cavity Induced by Borehole Mining in a Coal
Deposit ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1229
Akbarzadeh, Yasser; Miller, Hugh
A Review of Pillar Design for Platinum Mining to Enhance Stability: A Zimbabwean Case Study .................................................. 1235
Zvarivadza, Tawanda; Chinyowa, Watson Chido
Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Laboratory Scale Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments ................................................................... 1247
Molenda, Michael; Stoeckhert, Ferdinand; Brenne, Sebastian; Alber, Michael
Acoustic Monitoring of Mineral Precipitation in a Fracture .................................................................................................................. 1261
Xu, Zhenyu; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J.
Acoustic Wavefront Imaging of Orthogonal Fracture Networks Subjected to Bi-Axial Loading ...................................................... 1267
Shao, Siyi; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J.
AE-Rate Controlled Mode II Fracture Propagation Experiments on Granite and Sandstone ........................................................... 1274
Rück, Marc; Rahner, Roman; Sone, Hiroki; Dresen, Georg
An Adaptive Meshing Approach to Capture Hydraulic Fracturing ...................................................................................................... 1282
Omidi, Omid; Abedi, Reza; Enayatpour, Saeid
An Analytical Boundary Condition for D3Q19 Lattice Boltzmann Model............................................................................................ 1291
Han, Yanhui
An Experimental Study on Interaction Between Hydraulic Fractures and Partially-Cemented Natural Fractures ....................... 1298
Fu, Wei; Ames, Brandon; Bunger, Andrew; Savitski, Alexei
Analysis of Dam Abutment Erosion by Overtopping Water Using DDA .............................................................................................. 1305
Peng, Ruidong; Yeung, Man-chu; Mok, Chin Man; Aw, Engsew; Yang, Tao; Wright, Robert
Anisotropic Geomaterial Deformation Formulation for the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method in 2D.............................. 1317
Rougier, Esteban; Lei, Zhou; Knight, Earl; Munjiza, Antonio
Application of HPC and Non-Linear Hydrocodes to Uncertainty Quantification in Subsurface Explosion Source
Physics............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1323
Ezzedine, Souheil; Vorobiev, Oleg; Glenn, Lewis; Antoun, Tarabay
Application of Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) for Predicting Changes in Rock Characterization in an
Underground Gold Mine in Nevada. .......................................................................................................................................................... 1335
Barnard, Chase; Kallu, Rajagopala; Pullammanappallil, Satish; West, Travis
Applications of Fully Hydro-Mechanically Coupled 3D Mine and Reservoire Scale, Discontinuous, StrainSoftening Dilatant Models with Damage.................................................................................................................................................... 1343
Flatten, Arnd; Beck, D.
Borehole Breakout Analysis to Determine the In-Situ Stress State in Hard Rock ............................................................................... 1350
Hume, Colin; Kalenchuk, Kathy; Walton, Gabe; Diederichs, Mark Stephan
Borehole Stability Analysis Using Results from Full Field Reservoir Geomechanical Simulation: A CBM Case
History ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1359
Chalaturnyk, Richard J.; Deisman, Nathan; Virues, Claudio; Campbell, Ryan
Calculating Potential Coal Pillar Bumps Using a Local Mine Stiffness Criterion................................................................................ 1368
Heasley, Keith; Li, Kaifang
Calibrated Acoustic Emission System Records M -3.5 to M -8 Events Generated on a Saw-Cut Granite Sample .......................... 1376
McLaskey, Gregory; Lockner, David
Calibration of Inelastic Constitutive Behaviour at a Late Stage Mine and the Challenges Associated with Data
Limited Calibration...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1385
Crockford, Anna; Kalenchuk, Kathy; Bawden, Will
Case Study on Field Investigation and Stability Analysis of Volcanic Rock Slopes in Southwest Area of Korea............................. 1393
Kim, Seung-Hyun; Oak, Young-Suk; Lee, Chul-Hee; Joo, Kwang-Don
Cavability, the Least Known Engineering Factor Influencing Mine Designs in Secondary Extraction Systems.............................. 1402
Maleki, Hamid
Clogging of Drains and Its Influence on the Stability of Concrete Dams .............................................................................................. 1412
F. da Silva, Jorge
Coal Mine Pillar Failure Patterns Explained Through Probabilistic Analysis ..................................................................................... 1418
Zvarivadza, Tawanda
Computer Modeling Applied in the Design of Underground Salt Caverns Opened by Solution Mining for Gas
Storage ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1428
Pereira, Andre; Costa, Pedro; Costa, Alvaro; Poiate, Edgard; Amaral, Claudio
Correlations Between Acoustic Emission Microcrack Displacement Vectors and in Situ Stress Conditions During
Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Testing.................................................................................................................................................... 1435
Hampton, Jesse; Matzar, Luis; Gutierrez, Marte
Coupled Euler-Lagrange Simulation of the Response of a Tunnel in Jointed Rock to Explosive Loading ....................................... 1442
Steedman, David
Coupled Interactions Between Coal Fracture Containing Gas and the Induced Shock Monitored by Microseismic
and Acoustic Emissions................................................................................................................................................................................ 1448
Lu, Caiping; Zhang, Lin; Liu, Guangjian; Liu, Yang
Coupled Modeling of the Strength Development and Distribution Within Cemented Paste Backfill Structure .............................. 1456
Fall, Mamadou; Nasir, O.; Cui, L.; Han, F. S.
Coupled Waves at Fracture Intersections.................................................................................................................................................. 1464
Abell, Bradley; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J.
Coupling Fluid Flow and Geomechanics in a Three-Dimensional Discrete Fracture Network Simulator ........................................ 1471
Babazadeh, Mohsen; McClure, Mark W.
Coupling of Rupture Growth and Fluid Flow Along a Shear Fracture Containing Structural Complexities .................................. 1485
Zhang, Xi; Jeffrey, Rob; Wu, Bisheng
Cuttings Analysis for Rotary Drilling Penetration Mechanisms and Performance Evaluation.......................................................... 1498
Kyzym, Igor; Reyes, Rosana; Rana, Pushpinder; Molgaard, John; Butt, Stephen D.
Decimeter-scale Analysis of Geologic Heterogeneity in a Brittle-ductile Shear Zone, Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory,
Sweden ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1506
Fox, Aaron; Winberg, Anders; Drake, Henrik
DEM Simulation of Brazilian Tensile Failure of Hard Rock in Consideration of Element Configuration ....................................... 1519
Nakashima, Shinichiro; Sakamoto, Takashi; Taguchi, Kazuya; Shimizu, Norikazu
DEM Simulation of Fracture Process of Inherently Anisotropic Rock Under Brazilian Test Condition .......................................... 1525
Kwok, Fiona; Duan, Kang
Deterministic and Probabilistic Block Theory Analyses Comparison for an Open Pit Mine Rock Slope in USA ............................ 1532
Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa; Zheng, Jun; Shu, Biao; Sherizadeh, Taghi
Developing a Framework to Simulate the Hydraulic Fracturing of Tight Gas Reservoirs Based on Integrated
Adaptive Remeshing & Combined Finite/Discrete Element Approach ................................................................................................. 1544
Dutko, Martin; Profit, Matthew; Yu, Jian
Development of a Test Setup Capable of Producing Hydraulic Fracturing in the Laboratory with Image and
Acoustic Emission Monitoring .................................................................................................................................................................... 1551
Gonçalves da Silva, Bruno; Li, Bing Q.; Germaine, John; Einstein, Herbert; Moradian, Zabihallah
Development of a Transient 3D Multilayered Geomechanic Hydraulic Fracture Model to Evaluate the Temporary
Localized Change in Stress Anisotropy...................................................................................................................................................... 1564
Lewis, Bryan; Surjaatmadja, Jim; Najafi, Ali
Development of an Exploration, Design, and Construction System for Bedrock Reinforcement Considering
Geology at the Tunnel .................................................................................................................................................................................. 1573
Utsuki, Shinji; Nakaya, Masashi; Sawada, Sumiyuki
Development of an Oedometer Cell to Study the Horizontal Stress Evolution During a Chemical Dissolution ............................... 1581
Lins, Cecilia; Lima, Analice; Guimarães, Leonardo; Gomes, Igor
Development of Cuttability Chart for a Limestone Cutting with Monowire Cutting Machine .......................................................... 1588
Yilmazkaya, Emre; Ozcelik, Yilmaz
Development of Experimental Apparatus for Real-Time Observation of Hydraulic Fracture in Unconsolidated
Sands by X-Ray CT Method ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1595
Ito, Takatoshi; Yu, Nagano
VOLUME 3
Dimensioning Principles in Potash and Salt Mining to Achieve Stability and Integrity ...................................................................... 1604
Lüdeling, Christoph; Minkley, Wolfgang; Mühlbauer, Jan
Discrete Element Modeling and Analysis of Shielding Effects During the Crushing of a Grain ........................................................ 1622
Wang, Pei; Christopher, Todd; Ecker, Sarah; Francis, Kyle; Arson, Chloe; Bakhtiary, Esmaeel
Discrete Element Modelling of Microseismic Energy Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing in Natural Fractures
Reservoirs ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1628
Fry, Michael; Patel, Hemali; Gil, Ivan; Damjanac, Branko; Hazzard, Jim
Drilling Through Highly Faulted / Fractured Zones: Case Study, an Integral Approach with Successful Results.......................... 1637
Cornielis, Jose; Hernandez, Julieta; Bracho, Leonardo; Melendez, Luis; Angel, John; Padron, Gustavo; Casanova, Ocdomar;
Romero, Daniel; Hernandez, Toribio; Sanchez, Blanca; Gamboa, Misael
Dual-Scale Modeling of Time-Dependent Damage Evolution and Failure Process of Brittle Rocks.................................................. 1642
Lu, Yinlong; Wang, Lianguo; Pu, Hai; Ni, Taoyi; Sun, Xiaokang
Dynamic Tensile Failure of Rocks Subjected to Simulated in Situ Stresses Around Underground Openings.................................. 1651
Xia, Kaiwen; Chen, Rong; Wu, Bangbiao
Effect of Coal-Rock Interface Properties on Failure Stability of Coal Pillars Expressed in Energy Terms...................................... 1658
Poeck, Eric; Zhang, Kun; Garvey, Ryan; Ozbay, Ugur
Effect of Frac Fluid Temperature on Post Frac Gas Production............................................................................................................ 1665
Hayatdavoudi, Asad; Boamah, M A.; Sawant, K. G.; Boukadi, F.
Effect of Fracture Breakdown Pressure on Multicluster Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments ............................................................. 1673
Gu, Hongren; Lecerf, Bruno; Weng, Xiaowei; Kresse, Olga
Effect of Fracture Dilation Angle on Stress-Dependent Permeability Tensor of Fractured Rock...................................................... 1680
Farahmand, Kiarash; Baghbanan, Alireza; Shahriar, Kourosh; Diederichs, Mark Stephan
Evaluating Foundation-Structure Behavior Using a Jointed Material Model ...................................................................................... 1695
Kovacich, Joseph; Barrie, Richard; Yang, Luling
Evaluation Techniques of Wellbore Stability on Complex Formation Based on Wettability.............................................................. 1705
Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Wen, Hang; Zhang, Yayun; Zhou, Yu; Zhang, Youchen; Pan, Yongjun; Zeng, Chao; Jiang, Hailong
Evolution of Ground Support Practices Applied to Low Quality, Squeezing Rock at Depth ............................................................. 1711
Henning, John
Experimental and Numerical 2D Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing Using High-Power Electric Discharge .................................... 1718
Bazargan, Mohsen; Meredith, Philip; Inskip, Nathaniel Forbes; Gudmundsson, Agust; Habibpour, Mahdi; Mohammadi, Reza
Experimental and Numerical Investitaions on Mixed Mode Fracturing of Concrete and Rocks by Using SemiCircular Disc (SCD) and Disc Specimens .................................................................................................................................................. 1723
Erarslan, Nazife; Obligado, Rose; Li, Zhenghao; Ghamgosar, Morteza
Experimental Evaluation of Passive-Vibration Assisted Rotary Drilling (P-VARD) Tool to Enhance Drilling
Performance .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1729
Rana, Pushpinder; Abugharara, Abdelsalam; Butt, Stephen D.; Molgaard, John
Experimental Evaluation of Rock Erosion in Spillway Channels........................................................................................................... 1735
Sitar, Nicholas; George, Michael; Sklar, Leonard
Extremely Slow, Dispersive Seismic Wave Propagation Within a Fluid-Filled Fracture and Their Electrokinetic
Effects............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1741
Nakagawa, Seiji; Pride, Steven; Korneev, Valeri
Fabric-Enriched Modeling of Anisotropic Healing Induced by Diffusion in Granular Salt ............................................................... 1750
Zhu, Cheng; Arson, Chloe
FDEM Modelling of Thermo-Mechanical Wellbore Instabilities Within Shale Formations............................................................... 1760
Ha, Johnson; Grasselli, Giovanni; Lisjak, Andrea
Finite Element Modeling of Curving Hydraulic Fractures and Near- Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture Complexit ............................ 1770
Sherman, Christopher; Johnson, Scott; Aarons, Lee; Morris, Joe; Savitski, Alexei; Geilikman, Mikhail
Fracture Dimension Investigation of Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Interaction with Natural Discontinuity Using
Acoustic Emission......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1778
Hampton, Jesse; Matzar, Luis; Hu, Dandan; Gutierrez, Marte
Fully 3D Hydraulic Fracturing Model: Optimizing Sequence Fracture Stimulation in Horizontal Wells ........................................ 1785
Izadi, Ghazal; Gaither, Michael; Cruz, Leonardo; Moos, Daniel; Fu, Pengcheng; Baba, Christine
Fundamental Investigation of Gas Injection in Microfluidic Shale Fracture Networks at Geologic Conditions.............................. 1793
Porter, Mark L.; Jimenez-Martinez, Joaquin; Carey, James W.; Viswanathan, Hari; Mody, Fersheed; Sheng, James
-Gas Flow Measurements Through Consolidating Crushed Salt............................................................................................................ 1800
Bauer, Stephen; Stormont, John; Broome, Scott; Lampe, Brandon; Mills, Melissa; Hansen, Frank
Geomechanical Back Analysis of Measured Overbreak at the Crusher Chamber of Dacita Project, El Teniente
Mine ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1806
Espinosa, Alejandro; Landeros, Pedro
Geomechanical Rock Mass Characterization with Terrestrial Laser Scanning and UAV. ................................................................. 1813
Tamburini, Andrea; Martelli, Davide; Alberto, Walter; Villa, Fabio
Geomechanis Issues Regarding Heat-Generating Waste Disposal in Salt ............................................................................................. 1820
Hansen, Frank; Popp, Till
Ground Control in China's Coal Mine: Progress and Prospects ............................................................................................................ 1830
Zhang, Jinwang; Wang, Jiachen; Li, Yang
Healing of Rock Salt Damage and Applications ....................................................................................................................................... 1836
Minkley, Wolfgang; Lüdeling, Christoph; Günther, Ralf; Knauth, Markus
Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization for Infill Wells: An Integrated Geomechanics Workflow................................................. 1844
Huang, Jian; Safari, Reza; Ma, Xiaodan; Mutlu, Uno; McClure, Mark
Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale with H2O, CO2 and N2 ............................................................................................................................. 1853
Li, Xiang; Feng, Zijun; Elsworth, Derek; Han, Gang; Marone, Chris; Saffer, Demian
Impounding Deformation Analysis for Jointed Rock Slope Based on Generalized Effective Stress .................................................. 1861
Pan, Yuanwei; Yang, Qiang; Liu, Yaoru; Cheng, Li
Incorporating Viscous, Toughness, and Intermediate Propagation Regimes Into Enhanced Pseudo-3D Model ............................. 1868
Dontsov, Egor; Peirce, Anthony
Increasing the Pierre Shale Reservoir Volume Using Heat- Part I......................................................................................................... 1874
Hayatdavoudi, Asad; Kravets, Joseph; Nizamutdinov, Rustam; Fadden, Matthew; Hardy, Dylan
Influence of Fine Material and Vertical Loads on the Flowability of Caved Rock............................................................................... 1886
Olivares, Diego; Castro, Raul; Hekmat, Asieh
Influence of Structuration on the Critical State Friction Angle: An Elastoplastic Description .......................................................... 1892
Mohamadi, Morteza; Wan, R. G.
Investigation of Repetitive Damage Sections About the Roadside Debris Flow and Evaluation of Efficiency of
Installing Facilities for Reducing Debris Flow .......................................................................................................................................... 1899
Lee, Jong-Hyun; Kim, Jae-Jeong; Yoon, Sang-Won; Lee, Jung-Yub; Koo, Ho-Bon
Investigation of Rock Fragmentation Mechanism Using Dynamic Spherical Crushing Test ............................................................. 1905
Huang, Sheng; Xia, Kaiwen; Mohanty, Bibhu
Investigation of Sequential and Simultaneous Well Completion in Horizontal Wells Using a Non-Planar, Fully
Coupled Hydraulic Fracture Simulator..................................................................................................................................................... 1911
Rezaei, Ali; Rafiee, Mehdi; Soliman, Mohamed; Morse, Stephen
Investigation of Shear-Induced Permeability in Unconventional Reservoirs........................................................................................ 1924
Weng, Xiaowei; Kresse, Olga; Sesetty, Varahanaresh
Lattice Bond Cell Modeling of Dynamic Hydraulic Fracture ................................................................................................................. 1939
Zhang, Zhennan; Peng, Shujun; Ghassemi, Ahmad; Ge, Xiurun
Long-Term Modeling of Coupled Processes in a Generic Salt Repository for Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste:
Preliminary Analysis of the Impacts of Halite Dissolution and Precipitation ....................................................................................... 1945
Blanco Martin, Laura; Rutqvist, Jonny; Birkholzer, Jens T.; Battistelli, Alfredo
Long-Term Stability Analysis for High Arch Dam Based on Time-Dependent Deformation Reinforcement Theory..................... 1956
Liu, Yaoru; He, Zhu; Yang, Qiang; Xue, Lijun; Deng, J. Q.
Micro-Seismic Monitoring of PDC Bit Drilling Performance During Vibration Assisted Rotational Drilling ................................. 1963
Xiao, Yingjian; Zhong, Jinghan; Butt, Stephen D.; Hurich, Charles
Microseismicity Induced in the Opalinus Clay by a Gallery Excavation in the Mont Terri Underground Rock
Laboratory .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1970
Nussbaum, Christophe; Bossart, Paul; Le Gonidec, Yves; Sarout, Joël; Wassermann, Jérôme
Mixed Finite Element Method Applied to Non–Euclidean Model of Inelastic Deformations ............................................................. 1977
Vtorushin, Egor; Dorovsky, Vitaly; Romensky, Evgeny
Model Test of Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Shield Tunnel Passed Through Ground Fracture with
Small Angle ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1986
Hu, Zhiping; Wang, Rui; Xia, Xiangbo; Ren, Xiang; Chen, Yue
Modeling Fluid-Driven Fractures Using the Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM)............................................................... 1993
Liu, Fushen; Valiveti, Dakshina; Gordon, Peter
Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using the Discontinuous Deformation Analysis .................... 2002
Morgan, William; Aral, Mustafa
Modeling the Interaction Between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures Using Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Method..................... 2010
Zhou, Jing; Huang, Hai; Deo, Milind
Monitoring of Mechanically-Induced Damage in Rock Using Transmission and Reflection Elastic Waves..................................... 2021
Modiriasari, Anahita; Bobet, Antonio; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J.
Multiscale Characterization of Physical, Chemical, and Mechanical Heterogeneity of Mudstones................................................... 2030
Yoon, Hongkyu; Dewers, Thomas; Grigg, Joseph; Mozley, Peter
Near Field Phenomenology for the Source Physics Experiments ........................................................................................................... 2034
Bradley, Christopher; Steedman, David
New High-Speed Friction Experiment Capability for Study of Friction ............................................................................................... 2043
Saber, Omid; Chester, Frederick; Alvarado, Jorge
Numerical Estimation of the Strength of St. Peter Sandstone Pillars- A Case Study at Iowa............................................................. 2051
Arthur, Francis; Ge, Mao Chen
Numerical Investigation of a Hydraulic Fracture Bypassing a Natural Fracture in 3D ...................................................................... 2059
Fu, Pengcheng; Cruz, Leonardo; Settgast, Randolph; Moos, Daniel; Ryerson, Frederick
Numerical Investigation of the Relationship Between Fracture Shear Compliance and Conductivity Anisotropy ......................... 2067
Morris, Joseph
Numerical Manifold Modeling of Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Processes in Fractured Porous Rock Masses.................................. 2073
Hu, Mengsu; Wang, Yuan; Rutqvist, Jonny
Numerical Modeling of Crack Propagation Mechanism in Jointed Rock Slopes Using Indirect BEM and DEM ........................... 2084
Nazari, Soheila; Fatehi Marji, Mohammad; Yarahmadi Bafghi, Alireza
Numerical Modeling of Experimental Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Propagation in Enhanced Geothermal
Systems........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2095
Kumar, Dharmendra; Gutierrez, Marte; Frash, Luke Philip; Hampton, Jesse
Numerical Modeling of Single-Cutter Tests in Carbonates..................................................................................................................... 2108
Carrapatoso, C. M.; Righetto, G. L.; Lautenschlager, C. E. R.; Fontoura, S. A. B.; Inoue, N.
Numerical Modelling of Roof Support Plans at 4-Way Coal Mine Intersections ................................................................................. 2114
Chugh, Yoginder; Sinha, S.
Numerical Modelling of Salt Leaching-Dissolution Process .................................................................................................................... 2126
Laouafa, Farid; Guo, Jianwei; Quintard, Michel; Luo, Haishan
Numerical Simulation of Crack Initiation and Growth in Rock Containing a Flaw Under Uniaxial Compression ........................ 2136
Hedayat, Ahmadreza; Ochoa-Cornejo, Felipe; Khasawneh, Yazen
Numerical Simulation of Deformation and Failure Process of Coal-Mass ............................................................................................ 2144
Mohamed, Khaled; Tulu, Berk; Klemeti, Ted
Numerical Simulation of End Constraint Effect on Post-Peak Behaviors of Rocks in Uniaxial Compression ................................. 2158
Xu, Yuhang; Cai, Ming
Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Using a Three-Dimensional Fracture Model Coupled with an
Adaptive Mesh Fluid Model ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2170
Guo, Liwei; Xiang, Jiansheng; Latham, John-Paul; Viré, Axelle; Pain, Christopher; Pavlidis, Dimitrios
Numerical Simulations of Fracture Curving Interaction of Two Fractures.......................................................................................... 2180
Zhou, Zaile; Zhang, Guangqing
Numerical Study of Cracking Process Using a New Contact Model ...................................................................................................... 2188
Zhang, Lianyang; Ding, Xiaobin
Numerical Study of the Influence of Fluid Viscosity on Well Bore Spalling in Drained Fractured Rock ......................................... 2196
Arson, Chloe; Jin, Wencheng; Pouya, Ahmad; Zhu, Cheng
Observations of Acoustic Emissions in a Hydraulically Loaded Granite Specimen............................................................................. 2205
Li, Bing Q.; Gonçalves da Silva, Bruno; Germaine, John; Moradian, Zabihallah
On the Importance and Impact of Key Geomechanical Parameters in Unconventional Plays ........................................................... 2213
Nagel, Neal; Sanchez-Nagel, Marisela
Optimizing the Performance of ANFIS Using the Genetic Algorithm to Estimate the Deformation Modulus of
Rock Mass ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2233
Sharafisafa, Mansour; Aliabadian, Zeinab; Sharifzadeh, Mostafa
Parametric Study of Smooth Joint Parameters on the Behavior of Inherently Anisotropic Rock Under Uniaxial
Compression Condition ............................................................................................................................................................................... 2240
Duan, Kang; Kwok, Fiona
Pickling the Gas Shale in Water or Water Vapor .................................................................................................................................... 2248
Hayatdavoudi, Asad; Sawant, K. G.; Tavanaei, A. H.; Savage, F.; Boukadi, F.
Prediction of Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Using Gene Expression Programming ......................................................................... 2263
Behnia, Danial; Shahriar, Kourosh
Proppant Transport and Settling in a Narrow Vertical Wedge-Shaped Fracture. .............................................................................. 2268
Fernández, Matías Ezequiel; Baldini, Mauro; Sánchez, Martín; Pugnaloni, Luis A.; Carlevaro, C. Manuel; Guzzetti, Ariel R.
Rapid Assessment of Roof Stability in Coal Mine Entries Based on the Outcome of Validated Numerical Models ........................ 2272
Esterhuizen, Gabriel; Tulu, Berk
Real Time Stability Evaluation of Large Underground Powerhouse Caverns - Application of Microseismics ................................ 2279
Dandup, Karma; Cherukuri, Sivakumar; Dorji, Kencho
Reliability Analysis of Rock Slopes Involving Correlated Non-Normal Variables Using Point Estimate Methods ......................... 2288
Ahmadabadi, Morteza; Poisel, Rainer
Sealing Capacity of a Seal System in Rock Salt – Hydraulic Impact of the EDZ Long-Term Evolution .......................................... 2301
Czaikowski, Oliver; Wieczorek, Klaus; Hertes, Uwe
Simulation of Particle Suspensions Using a Coupled Lattice Boltzmann and Discrete Element Method.......................................... 2307
Jones, Bruce; Williams, John; Leonardi, Chris
Simulation of Simultaneous and Zipper Fractures in SHALE Formations .......................................................................................... 2312
Sesetty, Varahanaresh; Ghassemi, Ahmad
Strength and Elastic Properties of Paste Backfill at the Lucky Friday Mine, Mullan, Idaho ............................................................. 2321
Seymour, Joseph; Johnson, Jeffrey; Martin, Lewis; Stepan, Michael; Arkoosh, Anthony; Emery, Tyler
Stress Evolution of Rock Bolt Elements in Intersecting Joints in Rock Masses.................................................................................... 2333
Gharehdash, Saba; Barzegar, Milad
Stress Path of Coal Seams During Depletion: The Effect of Desorption on Coal Failure.................................................................... 2339
Espinoza, D. Nicolas; Pereira, Jean-Michel; Vandamme, Matthieu; Dangla, Patrick; Vidal-Gilbert, Sandrine
Study of Multiple Fracture Interaction Based on an Efficient Three-Dimensional Displacement Discontinuity
Method ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2345
Wu, Kan Olson, Jon Balhoff, Matthew
Study on Weakening Effect of Structural Plane and Stability Analysis for Dam Abutment of Jinping I High Arch
Dam ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2354
Chen, Yuan; Dong, Jianhua; Yang, Baoquan; Zhang, Lin; Chen, Jianye
Teaching Subsidence Concepts with a Physical Modeling Device .......................................................................................................... 2369
Li, Jiliang; Zhai, Jinyuan
Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Modelling of Shear Stimulation at Newberry Volcano, Oregon ................................................ 2377
Smith, Torquil; Sonnenthal, Eric; Cladouhos, Trenton
Transferring the Geomechanical Behaviour of Opalinus Clay Observed in Lab Tests and the Mont Terri URL to
Assess Engineering Suitability at a Potential Repository Site ................................................................................................................. 2384
Giger, Silvio; Marschall, Paul; Martin, C. Derek; Lanyon, Bill
Underground Mine Roof Crack Formation Simulation with Creep of Rock Mass .............................................................................. 2392
Xue, Yuting; Mishra, Brijes
VOLUME 4
Verification of the Implementation of Rock-Reinforcement Elements in Numerical Analyses Based on the Hybrid
Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method (FDEM) .............................................................................................................................. 2398
Tatone, Bryan; Lisjak, Andrea; Mahabadi, Omid; Vlachopoulos, Nicholas
Wellbore Stability of the Sandstone Formation Buried in High Pressure and High Temperature Considering
Radial Porous Media Flows of a Compressible Gas ................................................................................................................................. 2408
Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Zou, Zhipeng; Jiang, Hailong; Li, Qinghui; Wang, Kai; Xu, Yongjun; Xu, Tong
What Can We Learn from Ultrasonic Velocities Monitoring During Hydraulic Fracturing of Tight Shale .................................... 2414
Fortin, Jerome; Stanchits, Sergei
XFEM-Based CZM for the Simulation of 3D Multiple-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing in Quasi-Brittle Shale
Formations .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2419
Haddad, Mahdi; Sepehrnoori, Kamy
Using Image Windows for the Analysis of Fracture Traces and Fractures........................................................................................... 2432
Mauldon, Matthew
A Case Study for Northern Nevada Single Excavation! Shaft- Technical Limit: Width and Depth? ................................................ 2440
Rai, Arunkumar; Howell, Rory; Weatherwax, Trent; Kallu, Raj
A Combined Method to Measure Biot’s Coefficient for Rock................................................................................................................. 2449
Vachaparampil, Alex Ghassemi, Ahmad Zhou, Xuejun
A Coupled Geochemical-Transport-Geomechanical Model to Address Caprock Integrity During Long-Term CO2
Storage ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2458
van der Veer, Ellen F.; Fokker, Peter A.; Waldmann, Svenja
A Framework for Wellbore Cement Integrity Analysis........................................................................................................................... 2469
Schreppers, Gerd-Jan
A Micromechanical Study of the Interactions Between a Hole and a Crack Under Compression Using PFC2D ............................ 2478
Zhou, Shuai; Zhu, Hehua; Yan, Zhiguo; Ju, J. Woody; Chen, Qing; Dong, Zeyu
A New 3D Constitutive Model for Rock Mass Tunnel ............................................................................................................................. 2484
Zhang, Qi; Zhu, Hehua; Zhang, Lianyang
A New Stacked Height Growth Model for Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation....................................................................................... 2490
Cohen, Charles-Edouard; Weng, Xiaowei; Kresse, Olga
Acidizing of Hollow Cylinder Chalk Specimens and Its Impact on Rock Strength and Wormhole Network
Structure........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2500
Walle, Lars Erik; Papamichos, Euripides
Acoustic Emission Monitoring Elucidates Proppant Pack Strength Characteristics During Crush Testing .................................... 2504
Hampton, Jesse; Nguyen, Philip; O'Connell, P.; Matzar, L.
Advances in the Use of New-Age Complex Fracture Modeling, Earth Modeling, and Reservoir Simulation Tools as
an Asset Well Planning Tool ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2512
Holderby, Eric; Dahl, Jeff; Dusterhoft, Ron; Siddiqui, Shameem; Eichler, Carla; Yarus, Jeffrey
An Integrated Analytical Workflow for Analyzing Wellbore Stress, Stability and Strengthening .................................................... 2522
Shahri, Mojtaba P.; Safari, Reza; Karimi, Moji; Mutlu, Uno
An Investigation of Rough Surface Closure with Application to Fracturing ........................................................................................ 2533
Kamali, Amirhossein; Pournik, Maysam
Application of Rock Physics in Wellbore Stability Modeling for Chayvo Field Multi-Lateral ERD Wells....................................... 2542
Gosavi, Shekhar; Ottesen, Steinar; Sanford, Shea; Xu, Shiyu; Mathis, Randall
Boundary Element Analysis of Non-Planar Three-Dimensional Cracks Using Complex Variables .................................................. 2548
Nikolskiy, Dmitry; Mogilevskaya, Sofia; Labuz, Joseph
Building a Rock Mass Model for a Large Open Pit.................................................................................................................................. 2556
Capdeville-Perez, Felipe
Characteristic Triaxial Strength of Intact Rock ....................................................................................................................................... 2565
Bozorgzadeh, Nezam; Harrison, John P.
Characteristics of Mechanical Wellbore Failure and Damage: Insights of Discrete Element Modelling and
Application to CO2 Storage ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2572
TerHeege, Jan; Orlic, Bogdan; Hoedeman, Gerco
Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Rocks Using Numerical Simulations and Image Analysis ........................................ 2586
Alvarez, Juan Pablo; Mendoza A., Marcos; Winograd, Emilio A.; Sánchez, Martín; Bosco, Sergio; Hryb, Damian
Comparison of Multistage to Single Stage Triaxial Tests ........................................................................................................................ 2595
Alsalman, Malik; Myers, Michael; Sharaf-Aldin, Munir
Constitutive Couplings in Unsaturated Granular Media with Crushable Grains ................................................................................ 2606
Zhang, Yida; Buscarnera, Giuseppe
Correlation of the Rock Mass Rating System (RMR) to the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) for
Geotechnical Characterization of Very Weak Rock Masses ................................................................................................................... 2612
Warren, Sean; Kallu, Raj; Barnard, Chase
Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Computational Algorithm for Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing with PreExisting Natural Fractures in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs............................................................................................................ 2621
Bai, Jie; Lin, Avi
Critical Pressure and Scaling in Cavity Expansion Tests ........................................................................................................................ 2627
Tarokh, Ali; Labuz, Joseph; Blanksma, Derrick; Fakhimi, Ali
Dilatancy of Clay Shales and Its Impact on Pore Pressure Evolution and Effective Stress for Different Triaxial
Stress Paths ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2636
Amann, Florian; Wild, Katrin; Martin, C. Derek; Wassermann, Jérôme; David, Christian; Barla, Marco
Discrete Modeling of Multiple Discontinuities in Rock Mass Using XFEM .......................................................................................... 2643
Das, Kamal C.; Ausas, R.; Carol, Ignacio; Rodriguez, E.; Sandha, Sandeep S.; Vargas, Pablo E.; Gonzalez, Nubia A.;
SeguraSerra, J. M.; Lakshmikantha, M. R.; Mello, U.
Dynamic Rupture Modeling of Injection-Induced Seismicity: Influence of Pressure Diffusion Below Porous
Aquifers ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2655
Buijze, Loes; Schreppers, Gerd-Jan; Orlic, Bogdan; Wassing, Brecht
Effect of Anisotropy on Fracture Toughness and Fracturing of Rocks ................................................................................................. 2665
Ghamgosar, Morteza; Erarslan, Nazife; Williams, David James
Effect of Hydraulic Diffusivity and Slipping Zone Thickness on Thermal Pressurization Process During Seismic
Slip.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2671
Mortezaei, Kimia; Vahedifard, Farshid
Effect of Rheology on Drilling Mud Loss in a Natural Fracture ............................................................................................................ 2678
Huang, Haiying; Sun, Yixuan
Effects of Adsorptive Characteristics of Shale on Wellbore Stability .................................................................................................... 2685
Dokhani, Vahid; Yu, Mengjiao; Bloys, Ben; Ozbayoglu, Evren; Takach, Nicholas; Miska, Stefan
Estimation of Rock Strength by Means of Scratch Probe ....................................................................................................................... 2696
Naeimipour, Ali; Rostami, Jamal; Keller, Eric; Frough, Omid; Wang, Shugang
Evaluation and Selection of Surface and Production Casings for the New Wells at Eti Soda’s Beypazari Trona
Deposits.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2704
Zhao, Hua; Yu, Bo; Hardy, Michael; Cakmakci, Guray
Experimental Demonstration of Delayed Initiation of Hydraulic Fractures Below Breakdown Pressure in Granite ..................... 2715
Lu, Guanyi; Ames, Brandon; Ufondu, Arinzechukwu; Bunger, Andrew; Prioul, Romain; Aidagulov, Gallyam; Uwaifo, Efosa
Experimental Investigation of Cement to Rock Bonding......................................................................................................................... 2722
Cerasi, Pierre; Stroisz, Anna M.
Experimental Investigation of Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale with Water ........................................................................................... 2733
Carey, James W.; Rougier, Esteban; Lei, Zhou; Viswanathan, Hari
Experimental Study of Fracture Initiation and Propagation from a Wellbore..................................................................................... 2739
Wang, Di; Chen, Mian; Jin, Yan; Lin, Qing; Tan, Peng; Yuan, Liang; Sun, Yiliu
FDEM Simulation on a Triaxial Core-Flood Experiment of Shale ........................................................................................................ 2746
Rougier, Esteban; Lei, Zhou; Knight, Earl; Munjiza, Antonio; Carey, James W.; Viswanathan, Hari
FDEM Simulation on Fracture Coalescence in Brittle Materials ........................................................................................................... 2751
Rougier, Esteban; Knight, Earl; Lei, Zhou; Munjiza, Antonio
Filter Cake Behavior During Leakage at the Cement-Rock Interface in Wellbores ............................................................................ 2757
Todorovic, Jelena; Opedal, Nils; Jafarzade, Gutlug; Torsater, Malin; Akervoll, Idar
Fracture Testing in Modes I, II, and III on Escabrosa Limestone.......................................................................................................... 2765
Roth, Karen; Kemeny, John; Cheesman, Ashley
Gas Transport Characterization of Fractured Rock by In-Situ Gas-Injection Tests........................................................................... 2771
Shimo, Michito; Shimaya, Susumu; Maejima, Toshio
Geomechanical Evaluation of Fault Reactivation Potential and Uplift at the South West Hub Geological CO2
Storage Site, Western Australia.................................................................................................................................................................. 2779
Zhang, Yanhua; Langhi, Laurent; Delle Piane, Claudio; Schaubs, Peter; Dewhurst, Dave; Stalker, Linda; Michael, Karsten
Geomechanical Modeling to Predict Wellbore Stresses and Strains for the Design of Wellbore Seal Repair
Materials for Use at a CO2 Injection Site................................................................................................................................................... 2788
Sobolik, Steven; Matteo, Edward; Gomez, Steven; Dewers, Thomas; Newell, Pania; Stormont, John; Taha, Mahmoud
Hidden Impact of Mud Loss on Wellbore State of Stresses Disclosed by Thermal-Poro-Elastic Modeling ...................................... 2798
Chen, Yuanhang; Yu, Mengjiao; Takach, Nicholas; Shi, Zhaorui; Gao, Chao
History and Mechanisms of Rock Slope Instability Along Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California .............................................. 2809
Wallace, John; Marcum, Dale
Impact of Depletion on Integrity of Sand Screen in Depleted Unconsolidated Sandstone Formation ............................................... 2818
Tallin, Andrew; Han, Yanhui; Wong, George
Influence of Indexation and Impact Energy on Bit/rock Interface Law in Percussive Drilling: An Experimental
Study .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2827
Fourmeau, Marion; Depouhon, Alexandre; Hoang, Hieu Nguyen; Kane, Alexandre; Detournay, Emmanuel
Integrated 1-D Workflow for Pore-Pressure Prediction and Mud-Weight Window Calculation for Subsalt Well
Sections .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2834
Shen, Xinpu; Shen, Guoyang; Clemmons, Crystal
Interpretations of Fracture Initiation and Orientations in A Perforated Deviated Well During Staged Fracturing....................... 2841
Wang, Yarlong; Karaoulanis, Fotios; Zeng, Yijin; Zhang, Baoping; Zeng, H.
Investigation the Effect of Cyclic Loading on Fracture Propagation in Rocks by Using Computed Tomography
(CT) Techniques ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2851
Ghamgosar, Morteza; Erarslan, Nazife; Stewart. P.
Loading Rate Dependency of Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Rocks .................................................................................................. 2856
Cho, Sangho; Kang, Hyeongmin; Kim, Minseong; Obara, Yuzo; Kataoka, Minami; Kim, Kwangmin
Measure of Friction During Drilling of Rocks .......................................................................................................................................... 2861
Shewalla, Mahendra; Smith, John R.; Sharma, Radhey S.
Measurements of Fracture Aperture in Granite Core Using Microfocus X-Ray CT and Fluid Flow Simulation............................ 2869
Kishida, Kiyoshi; Ishikawa, Tomohiro; Higo, Yosuke; Sawada, Atsushi; Yasuhara, Hideaki
Michell–Fourier Analytical Treatment of Stresses in the Ring Test Under Parabolic Compression ................................................. 2875
Serati, Mehdi; Williams, David J.
Micro-Scale Modeling of the Inelastic Response of a Granular Sandstone ........................................................................................... 2881
Esna Ashari, Shiva; Buscarnera, Giuseppe; Cusatis, Gianluca
Microscopic Observations of Shale Deformation from In-Situ Deformation Experiments Conducted Under a
Scanning Electron Microscope.................................................................................................................................................................... 2887
Sone, Hiroki; Morales, Luiz F.; Dresen, Georg
Modeling Dynamic Stimulation of Geological Resources ........................................................................................................................ 2894
Vorobiev, Oleg; Herbold, Eric; Morris, Joe; White, Bradley
Modeling of Failure Behavior of Anisotropic Shale Using Lattice Discrete Particle Model................................................................ 2899
Li, Weixin; Jin, Congrui; Salviato, Marco; Cusatis, Gianluca
Modeling Stray Gas Leakage from Wellbores in Colorado Shale Gas Operations .............................................................................. 2908
Lackey, Greg; Rajaram, Harihar; Karra, Satish; Viswanathan, Hari
Modelling the Shear Behaviour of Sedimentary Rock Joints Under Constant Normal Stiffness Conditions ................................... 2918
Thirukumaran, Sivanathan; Indraratna, Buddhima; Brown, E.T.
Multiphase Flow in Fractured Porous Media: Application to CO2 Leakages from Natural and Stimulated
Fractures........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2923
Ezzedine, Souheil
Numerical Creep Analysis of Chalk Cavities Accounting for Joints Degradation ............................................................................... 2935
Rafeh, Faten; Burlon, Sebastien; Mroueh, Hussein
Numerical Modeling of Rock Brazilian Test: Effects of Test Configuration and Rock Heterogeneity .............................................. 2944
Gheibi, Sohrab; Holt, Rune M.; Lavrov, Alexandre; Mas Ivars, Diego
Numerical Modeling Technique for Time Dependent Behavior of Weak Rock Masses - A Case Study............................................ 2953
Kallu, Raj; Thareja, Rahul; Barnard, Chase
Numerical Modelling of Rock Mechanics Experiments as an Input for Coupled Hydromechanical Simulation ............................. 2962
Soares, Antonio Claudio; Kiewiet, Melissa Cristina Duque Nogueira; Falcao, Flavia de Oliveira Lima; Velloso, Raquel
Quadros; Vargas Jr., Eurípedes do Amaral; Kiewiet, Leigh Hessel; Kager, Shane
Numerical Simulation Study on CO2 Injection for Enhancing Hydrocarbon Recovery and Sequestration in Tight
Oil Formations .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2970
Kalra, Sumeer; Wu, Xingru
Numerical Study of the Impact of CO2-Fluid-Rock Interactions on Porosity and Permeability Evolution in
Fractured Carbonate Rocks ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2987
Hao, Yue; Smith, Megan; Mason, Harris; Carroll, Susan
Numerical Study of Thermal Stresses in Casing-Cement-Rock System with Heterogeneity .............................................................. 2996
Lavrov, Alexandre; Todorovic, Jelena; Torsaeter, Malin
Numerical Study on Long-Time Deformation Characteristics of Soft Clay Around Subway Tunnel Under Train
Vibration Load.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3005
Ye, Bin; Pu, Shutao
Optimization of Pipe Roof Design for Gongbei Port Tunnel Excavation .............................................................................................. 3013
Pan, Jianli; Gao, Haidong; Shi, Peixin; Yu, Caicheng
Optimizing Drilling Parameters: A Preliminary Model - Drilling Carthage Mable with Oil Based Mud and PDC
Bit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3021
Zhang, Wu; William, Ayers; Brown, Jamie; Bromhal, Grant
Predicting Intrinsic and Apparent Permeabilities from Pore Size Distribution in Tight Porous Materials...................................... 3026
Grégoire, David; Khaddour, Fadi; Pijaudier-Cabot, Gilles
Probabilistic Time-Dependent Thermo-Chemo-Poroelastic Borehole Stability Analysis in Shale Formations ................................ 3035
Ostadhassan, Mehdi; Jabbari, Hadi; Zamiran, Siavash; Osouli, Abdolreza; Bubach, Bailey; Oster, Ben
Rate Dependence of Dry, Oil- Or Water-Saturated Chalk...................................................................................................................... 3044
Andreassen, Katrine; Al Alwan, Ahmed
Relationship Between Compressive Strength and Index Properties of Rock ........................................................................................ 3050
Panda, Bibhuti; Annavarapu, Srikant
Remote Structural Mapping and Discrete Fracture Networks to Calculate Rock Fall Volumes at Tornado
Mountain, British Columbia ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3056
Macciotta, Renato; Martin, C. Derek
Rock Slope Instability Modeling Analysis and Mitigation at Mountainous Road, and Prediction of Debris Flows
Utilizing the Satellite Image, Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................................................... 3065
Sadagah, Bahaaeldin
Salt Structure Information System (InSpEE) as a Supporting Tool for Evaluation of Storage Capacity of Caverns
for Renewable Energies - Rock Mechanical Design for CAES and H2 Storage Caverns..................................................................... 3071
Zapf, Dirk; Staudtmeister, Kurt; Rokahr, Reinhard; Donadei, Sabine; Zander-Schiebenhöfer, Dirk; Horvath, Peter-Laszlo;
Fleig, Stephanie; Pollok, Lukas; Hölzner, Markus; Hammer, Jörg
Sand Production Delay in Gas Flow Experiments.................................................................................................................................... 3078
Cerasi, Pierre; Walle, Lars Erik; Berntsen, Andreas; Papamichos, Euripides
Size Effect on Length and Width of Fracture Process Zone.................................................................................................................... 3084
Fakhimi, Ali; Galouei, Mehdi
Soft Ground Shield Driven Tunnel Defect Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 3095
Li, Pan; Shi, Peixin; Yu, C.
Some Open Issues on the Design of Protection Barriers Against Rockfall ............................................................................................ 3104
Ferrero, Anna Maria; Umili, Gessica; Migliazza, Rita
Stability of the Rock Block System That Initiated the Jiweishan Landslide in China ......................................................................... 3110
Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa; Ge, Y. F.
Static Versus Dynamic Moduli: Another Piece in the Puzzle .................................................................................................................. 3126
Fjaer, Erling Stroisz, Anna M. Holt, Rune M.
Stick-Slip Instabilities in Rotary Drilling Systems ................................................................................................................................... 3132
Depouhon, Alexandre; Detournay, Emmanuel
Study of Geomechanical Properties of 3D Printed Sandstone Analogue ............................................................................................... 3137
Osinga, Sander; Zambrano-Narvaez, Gonzalo; Chalaturnyk, Richard J.
Testing Methods for Evaluating Drilling Fluid Effects on Gas Shale Stability..................................................................................... 3143
Guo, Quanxin; Blue, Aaron; Friedheim, James
The Brittleness Index in Hydraulic Fracturing......................................................................................................................................... 3149
Papanastasiou, Panos; Atkinson, Colin
The Implementation of 30 Ft Wide Undercuts at TRJV.......................................................................................................................... 3156
Rodriguez, Luis; Powell, Drew; Sandbak, Louis
Three Dimension Geomechanical Modeling for Drilling in Caronate Reservoirs ................................................................................ 3163
Ait-Ettajer, Taoufik; Mookanahallipatna, Ramasesha Lakshimakantha; Fontanelli, Laurent
Understanding the Correlation Between Induced Seismicity and Wastewater Injection in the Fort Worth Basin ......................... 3167
Gono, Valerie; Olson, Jon; Gale, Julia
Wellbore Stability Modeling with a Grain Based Rock Model ............................................................................................................... 3177
Zhang, Fengshou; Lee, B. T.; Mack, Mark
Wellbore Stress Changes and Microannulus Development Because of Cement Shrinkage ................................................................ 3187
Oyarhossein, Mohammad; Dusseault, Maurice B.
Case Study and Design of Steel Set Support for Aged Belt Entry Rehabilitation................................................................................. 3194
Ma, Jinrong; Gu, Quanzhong; Stankus, J.
Author Index