Time-dependent closure of a fracture with rough surfaces under constant normal stress |
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Authors: | K. Matsuki E. Q. Wang K. Sakaguchi K. Okumura |
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Affiliation: | Department of Geoscience and Technology, Tohoku University, 01 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan |
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Abstract: | Time-dependent closure of a fracture with rough surfaces subjected to stepwise normal stress was considered theoretically by viscoelastic modeling of rock. A formula for the relationship between constant normal stress and time-dependent closure as a function of time was derived based on the aperture distributions of a fracture and the relaxation modulus YE′(t) of rock. Theoretical consideration showed that the ultimate closure of a fracture under constant normal stress can be estimated from the normal stress–elastic closure curve by using the values of the relaxation modulus at t=0 and ∞, and that the ultimate time-dependent closure is independent of the normal stress if the elastic closure is linear with the logarithm of the normal stress. Experiments and a Monte Carlo simulation on time-dependent closure under constant normal stress were conducted for a hydraulic fracture created in granite in the laboratory to provide the verification of the theory. The results obtained in the experiments showed that the ultimate time-dependent closure of a hydraulic fracture was almost independent of the normal stress when the elastic closure was linear with the logarithm of the normal stress. A Monte Carlo simulation on time-dependent closure of a fracture under constant normal stress showed that time-dependent closure of a fracture for which the elastic closure is linear with the logarithm of the normal stress does not depend on the normal stress because the increase in contact area during time-dependent closure increases with the normal stress. |
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