Research Article

A Coupled Gas Flow-Mechanical Damage Model and Its Numerical Simulations on High Energy Gas Fracturing

Table 1

Parameters used in numerical simulations.

Mechanical propertyValue

Elasticity modulus of rock sample17 GPa
Poisson’s ratio0.32
UCS of rock sample107 MPa
Tensile strength of rock sample10 MPa
Homogeneity index of mesoscopic element5
Mean elastic modulus of mesoscopic element19 GPa
Mean UCS of mesoscopic element246 MPa
Mean tensile strength of mesoscopic element25 MPa
Frictional angle49°
Density of rock sample2600 kg m−3
Permeability of intact rock-20 m2
Porosity of intact rock0.01
Dynamic viscosity of gas (air)-5 Pa s
Density of gas (air) at standard condition1.17 kg m−3
Gas pressure at standard condition0.1 MPa
Source term for gas flow Qs0 kg m−3 s-1