%0 Journal Article
%A YAN Cheng-zeng
%A ZHENG Hong
%T Simulation of Multi-hole Hydraulic Fracturing Using FDEM-flow Method
%D 2016
%R 10.11988/ckyyb.20150234
%J Journal of Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute
%P 63-67
%V 33
%N 7
%X In order to instruct construction of hydraulic fracturing, with the proposed FDEM-flow method, we studied multi-hole  hydraulic fracturing. When the pressure of hole H2 is small, crack starting from hole H1 hardly deflects toward hole H2; when water pressure of H2 is large, crack starting from H1 propagates to H2 obviously; while when pressures of H1 and H3 increase synchronously, crack extended downward from hole H1 deflects towards hole H3, and crack starting from hole H3 develops towards hole H1, and finally, two opposing propagation cracks form between H1 and H3. Results show that, direction of hydraulic fracturing cracks will be interfered by adjacent holes, hence the direction can be controlled through adjusting the pressure of adjacent holes; while the initiation water pressure that crack begins to occur can be reduced through the adjacent interference, which validated the rationality of synchronous hydraulic fracturing technology.
%U http://ckyyb.crsri.cn/EN/10.11988/ckyyb.20150234