Numerical studies of aerofractures in porous media / Estudios numericos de aerofractures en medios porosos

TL;DR

This paper uses numerical simulations to analyze how fracture patterns in porous media depend on gas and medium properties, focusing on the relationship between fracture speed and injection pressure.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the dependence of fracture propagation speed on injection pressure and material properties in porous media.

Findings

Fracture patterns vary with gas and medium properties.

Fracture propagation speed is closely related to injection pressure.

Numerical models effectively capture fracture behavior in porous media.

Abstract

During the hydraulically induced compaction of a granular layer fracture patterns arise. In numerical simulations we study how these patterns depend on the gas properties as well as on the properties of the porous medium. In particular the relation between the speed of fracture propagation and injection pressure is here studied in detail.