The International Conference
"Recent Advances in Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture" is organised by the Consortium participating in FP7 People IAPP Project PIAP-GA-2009-251475-HYDROFRAC and will be held in Rzeszow, Poland, 14-16 July 2014.
Please download and display the conference poster.
Support
The event is supported by the Committee on Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The Scope
The topics of the conference include but are not limited to:
- The theoretical rationale for hydraulic fracturing
- The application of Newtonian and shear-thinning fluids for hydraulic fracturing
- Enhanced models of proppant movement
- Improved and novel numerical techniques
- Modeling of hydraulic fracture in low-permeable shales and coals
- Simulation of seismicity accompanying hydraulic fracture
- Inversion of microseismic data
- The application of observed seismicity and/or tilts for calibration of input data
Keynote Speakers
- Prof. Charles Fairhurst (University of Minnesota): "The Action is at the Interfaces"
- Dr Branko Damjanac (ITASCA): "Application of Distinct Element Methods to Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs"
- Prof. Mirko van der Baan (University of Alberta): "Geomechanical modelling of induced seismicity"
Publications
Selected papers presented at the conference will be invited to a special issue of Computers and Geotechnics.
Further Information
For further information please contact the scientific secretary of the conference, Dr. Liliana Rybarska-Rusinek [hydrofrac2014@prz.edu.pl].
