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Muñoz‐Ibáñez, A., Herbón-Penabad, M., Delgado‐Martín, J., Alejano-Monge, L., Alvarellos-Iglesias, J., & Canal-Vila, J. (2023). Hydrostatic, strike-slip and normal stress true triaxial hydrofracturing testing of Blanco Mera Granite: breakdown pressure and tensile strength assessment. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources.
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Muñoz‐Ibáñez, A., M. Herbón-Penabad, J. Delgado‐Martín, Leandro Alejano-Monge, J. Alvarellos-Iglesias, and J. Canal-Vila. “Hydrostatic, Strike-Slip and Normal Stress True Triaxial Hydrofracturing Testing of Blanco Mera Granite: Breakdown Pressure and Tensile Strength Assessment.” Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources (2023).
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Muñoz‐Ibáñez, A., et al. “Hydrostatic, Strike-Slip and Normal Stress True Triaxial Hydrofracturing Testing of Blanco Mera Granite: Breakdown Pressure and Tensile Strength Assessment.” Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 2023.
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@article{a2023a,
title = {Hydrostatic, strike-slip and normal stress true triaxial hydrofracturing testing of Blanco Mera Granite: breakdown pressure and tensile strength assessment},
year = {2023},
journal = {Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources},
author = {Muñoz‐Ibáñez, A. and Herbón-Penabad, M. and Delgado‐Martín, J. and Alejano-Monge, Leandro and Alvarellos-Iglesias, J. and Canal-Vila, J.}
}
We assess the performance of an experimental device designed to perform hydraulic fracturing tests under true triaxial loading. Breakdown pressure results can be reasonably estimated using fracture mechanics approaches. The values of tensile strength computed from the injection curves recorded under a range of confining pressures were consistent. We have designed and built a versatile testing device to perform hydraulic fracturing experiments under true triaxial conditions. The device, based on a stiff biaxial frame that can be installed in a servocontrolled press, can accommodate cube rock samples of up to 150 mm-edge. Using a low-permeability rock known as Blanco Mera granite, we have performed a series of tests across a range of confining pressures including hydrostatic, normal, and strike-slip regimes. We have verified the applicability of two simple fracture mechanics-based models for the interpretation of experimental results, and we have determined the value of tensile strength of the rock from the injection curves recorded. The orientation of the hydraulically-triggered fractures with respect to the applied stress has also been analyzed. Although the models proposed by Rummel and Abou-Sayed provided reasonably satisfactory results, especially for hydrostatic and strike-slip tests, the presence of heterogeneities and defects in the rock matrix may have a strong influence on the fracture behavior and, therefore, affect the interpretation of hydrofracturing tests.