Chenpeng Song1,2, Yulong Chen3,*, Jiehao Wang2,*
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.120, No.3, pp. 779-797, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.07000
Abstract Hydraulic fracturing has been applied to enhance CBM production and prevent gas dynamical hazard in underground coal mines in China. However, affected by in situ stress orientation, hydrofracture can hardly continuously propagate within coal seam but may easily extend to the adjacent roof-floor strata, causing ineffective permeability enhancement in coal seam and increasing the risk of gas transfinite during mining coal. Thus, it is very necessary to artificially control the propagation direction of hydrofracture and make it well-aligned in large scale in coal seam. In this study, a method for controlling propagation direction of hydrofracture… More >