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Computer simulation of effective viscosity of fluid-proppant mixture used in hydraulic fracturing

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The paper presents results of numerical experiments performed to evaluate the effective viscosity of a fluid-proppant mixture, used in hydraulic fracturing. The results, obtained by two complimenting methods (the particle dynamics and the smoothed particle hydrodynamics), coincide to the accuracy of standard deviation. They provide an analytical equation for the dependence of effective viscosity on the proppant concentration, needed for numerical simulation of the hydraulic fracture propagation.

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  1. Rzeszow University of Technology, al. Plowstańców Warszawy 12, Rzeszów, 35-959, Poland

    V. A. Kuzkin, A. M. Krivtsov & A. M. Linkov

  2. Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, ul. Politekhnicheskaya 29, Saint-Petersburg, 195251, Russia

    V. A. Kuzkin & A. M. Krivtsov

  3. Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoi pr. V.O. 61, Saint-Petersburg, 199178, Russia

    V. A. Kuzkin, A. M. Krivtsov & A. M. Linkov

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Kuzkin, A.M. Krivtsov, A.M. Linkov, 2014, published in Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2014, No. 1, pp. 3–12.

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Kuzkin, V.A., Krivtsov, A.M. & Linkov, A.M. Computer simulation of effective viscosity of fluid-proppant mixture used in hydraulic fracturing. J Min Sci 50, 1–9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739114010013

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