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Self-similar solution of the problem of pseudo-three-dimensional vertical hydraulic fracture propagation in an impermeable stratum

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The initial stage of propagation of a vertical hydraulic fracture in an impermeable or low-permeability stratum is considered within the framework of the pseudo-three-dimensional Perkins-Kern model.

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Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 79–86, November–December, 1995.

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Gordeev, Y.N. Self-similar solution of the problem of pseudo-three-dimensional vertical hydraulic fracture propagation in an impermeable stratum. Fluid Dyn 30, 870–876 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02078202

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