Creating novel granular mixtures as proppants: Insights to shape, size, and material considerations Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Fragmentation of proppant particles in a pack subjected to compressive loading results in a loss of load bearing capacity. Addition of ductile particles to a brittle particle pack reduces particle fragmentation. Computational models simulating confined compression of a proppant pack with a mixture of brittle and ductile particles are developed. The effect of soft particle material, shape, and size on the fragmentation behavior of the brittle particle in a proppant pack is studied. The results showed that larger, nonuniform particles lead to higher incidence of particle fracture. More efficient pack compositions are proposed for further study and development.

authors

• Ochoa, Ozden

published proceedings

• MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

author list (cited authors)

• Kulkarni, M. C., & Ochoa, O. O.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Kulkarni, Mandar C||Ochoa, Ozden O

publication date

• May 2017

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

keywords

• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Friction
• Granular Materials
• Multiscale Modeling
• Nonlinear Behavior
• Plastic Deformation
• Porosity
• Proppants
• Voids
• Wear

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/15376494.2016.1189017

start page

• 605

end page

• 614

volume

• 24

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2016.1189017