Yueli Feng1,2, Yuetian Liu1,2,*, Jian Chen1,2, Xiaolong Mao1,2
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.2, pp. 395-415, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.018141
- 16 December 2021
Abstract Stress sensitivity is a very important index to understand the seepage characteristics of a reservoir. In this study, dedicated experiments and theoretical arguments based on the visualization of porous media are used to assess the effects of the fracture angle, spacing, and relevant elastic parameters on the principal value of the permeability tensor. The fracture apertures at different angles show different change rates, which influence the relative permeability for different sets of fractures. Furthermore, under the same pressure condition, the fractures with different angles show different degrees of deformation so that the principal value direction More >