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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2022.32.1.001

Improvement of In-Situ Stress Measurements by Hydraulic Fracturing - Focusing on the New Standard by Japanese Geotechnical Society  

Kim, Hyung-Mok (Department of Energy Resources and Geosystems Engineering, Sejong University)
Lee, Hangbok (Deep Subsurface Storage and Disposal Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Park, Chan (Deep Subsurface Storage and Disposal Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Park, Eui-Seob (Deep Subsurface Storage and Disposal Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.32, no.1, 2022 , pp. 1-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this report, new standard, published by Japanese Geotechnical Society, on in-situ stress measurements by hydraulic fracturing was reviewed. In the standard, modification was made for the calculation of fracture re-opening pressure in consideration of fracture surface roughness and residual aperture. The standard also presents how much the system compliance influences the estimation of the fracture re-opening pressure and subsequent in-situ stresses. It is shown that the stiffer the rock mass is, the system compliance should be sufficiently small enough so as to obtain in-situ stress measurement with higher confidence.
Keywords
In-situ stress; Hydraulic fracturing; Fracture reopening pressure; Compliance;
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