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Modeling Turbulent Hydraulic Fracture Near a Free Surface

Tsai, Victor C. and Rice, James R. (2012) Modeling Turbulent Hydraulic Fracture Near a Free Surface. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 79 (3). Art. No. 031003. ISSN 0021-8936. doi:10.1115/1.4005879. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120523-104717621

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Abstract

Motivated by observations of the subglacial drainage of water, we consider a hydraulic fracture problem in which the crack grows parallel to a free surface, subject to fully turbulent fluid flow. Using a hybrid Chebyshev/series-minimization numerical approach, we solve for the pressure profile, crack opening displacement, and crack growth rate for a crack that begins relatively short but eventually becomes long compared with the distance to the free surface. We plot nondimensionalized results for a variety of different times, corresponding with different fracture lengths, and find substantial differences when free-surface effects are important.


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Tsai, Victor C.0000-0003-1809-6672
Additional Information:© 2012 ASME. Received 19 September 2011; revised 11 January 2012; accepted manuscript posted 6 February 2012; published 4 April 2012. This research was supported by National Science Foundation OPP Grant No. ANT-0739444 to Harvard University and a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship of the United States Geological Survey to VCT.
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DOI:10.1115/1.4005879
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Official Citation:Modeling Turbulent Hydraulic Fracture Near a Free Surface Victor C. Tsai and James R. Rice, J. Appl. Mech. 79, 031003 (2012), DOI:10.1115/1.4005879
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