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Multiphysics Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling (M-LDPM) for the Simulation of Shale Fracture Permeability by Li, Weixin, Zhou, Xinwei, Carey, J. William, Frash, Luke P., Cusatis, Gianluca

“…A three-dimensional multiphysics lattice discrete particle model (M-LDPM) framework is formulated to investigate the fracture permeability behavior of shale…”
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Laboratory simulation of binary and triple well EGS in large granite blocks using AE events for drilling guidance by Frash, Luke P., Gutierrez, Marte, Hampton, Jesse, Hood, John

“…•Multi-well laboratory experiments show challenges for EGS in granite.•We observe the influence of natural discontinuities on AE and fracture…”
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Evaluation of sintered bauxite proppant for binary enhanced geothermal systems by KC, Bijay, Ghazanfari, Ehsan, McLennan, John, Frash, Luke P., Meng, Meng

“…Solid granular proppant particles are widely used in oil and gas development to sustain permeability through fractures after hydraulic stimulation. Similar…”
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True-triaxial apparatus for simulation of hydraulically fractured multi-borehole hot dry rock reservoirs by Frash, Luke P., Gutierrez, Marte, Hampton, Jesse

“…Drilling and stimulation are instrumental tools for underground injection and extraction of fluids for geo-environmental applications (e.g., CO sub(2)…”
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Stress-dependent fracture permeability measurements and implications for shale gas production by Li, Wenfeng, Frash, Luke P., Welch, Nathan J., Carey, J. William, Meng, Meng, Wigand, Marcus

“…•We measured shale fracture permeability on a TDS system with X-ray CT and fluid flow.•Hydraulic aperture is greatly smaller than mechanical aperture for…”
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Cement stress and microstructure evolution during curing in semi-rigid high-pressure environments by Meng, Meng, Frash, Luke P., William Carey, J., Li, Wenfeng, Welch, Nathan J., Zhang, Weicheng

“…The process of cement slurry curing into a solid has a direct effect on the initial state of stress in a composite concrete and steel structure. Failure models…”
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Rapid Measurement of Biot’s Effective Stress Coefficient for Oil Well Cements with Application to Well Integrity by Meng, Meng, Frash, Luke P., Carey, J. William, Li, Wenfeng, Welch, Nathan

“…Cement is a poroelastic material rather than elastic material. Early researchers have measured the strengths and elastic properties of oil well cement, but…”
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Caprock integrity susceptibility to permeable fracture creation by Frash, Luke P., Carey, J. William, Ickes, Timothy, Viswanathan, Hari S.

“…Caprock leakage is of crucial concern for environmentally and economically sustainable development of carbon dioxide sequestration and utilization operations…”
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Effect of Shear Displacement and Stress Changes on Fracture Hydraulic Aperture and Flow Anisotropy by Welch, Nathan J., Carey, J. William, Frash, Luke P., Hyman, Jeffrey D., Hicks, Wes, Meng, Meng, Li, Wenfeng, Menefee, Anne H.

“…Fluid flow in fractures has the potential to drastically change the economic, environmental, and safety risks associated with a subsurface operation. This work…”
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Effect of stress-dependent microannulus aperture on well leakage by Meng Meng, Luke P. Frash, J. William Carey, Mohamed Mehana, Wenfeng Li, Bailian Chen

“…Debonding at the cement-casing interface is recognized as a principal failure mechanism leading to CO2 leakage in wells. This detachment gives rise to a…”
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Scalable En Echelon Shear‐Fracture Aperture‐Roughness Mechanism: Theory, Validation, and Implications by Frash, Luke P., Carey, J. William, Welch, Nathan J.

“…Shear fractures can facilitate fluid conductivity through rock. Aperture and roughness are controlling characteristics for a fracture's fluid conductivity…”
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High‐stress triaxial direct‐shear fracturing of Utica shale and in situ X‐ray microtomography with permeability measurement by Frash, Luke P., Carey, J. William, Lei, Zhou, Rougier, Esteban, Ickes, Timothy, Viswanathan, Hari S.

“…The challenge of characterizing subsurface fluid flow has motivated extensive laboratory studies, yet fluid flow through rock specimens in which fractures are…”
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Close Observation of Hydraulic Fracturing at EGS Collab Experiment 1: Fracture Trajectory, Microseismic Interpretations, and the Role of Natural Fractures by Fu, Pengcheng, Schoenball, Martin, Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan B., Chai, Chengping, Maceira, Monica, Morris, Joseph P., Wu, Hui, Knox, Hunter, Schwering, Paul C., White, Mark D., Burghardt, Jeffrey A., Strickland, Christopher E., Johnson, Timothy C., Vermeul, Vince R., Sprinkle, Parker, Roberts, Benjamin, Ulrich, Craig, Guglielmi, Yves, Cook, Paul J., Dobson, Patrick F., Wood, Todd, Frash, Luke P., Huang, Lianjie, Ingraham, Mathew D., Pope, Joseph S., Smith, Megan M., Neupane, Ghanashyam, Doe, Thomas W., Roggenthen, William M., Horne, Roland, Singh, Ankush, Zoback, Mark D., Wang, Herb, Condon, Kate, Ghassemi, Ahmad, Chen, Hao, McClure, Mark W., Vandine, George, Blankenship, Douglas, Kneafsey, Timothy J.

“…The final version of the above article was posted prematurely on 16 July 2021, owing to a technical error. The final, corrected version of record will be made…”
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Hydromechanical characterization of gas transport amidst uncertainty for underground nuclear explosion detection by Wenfeng Li, Chelsea W. Neil, J William Carey, Meng Meng, Luke P. Frash, Philip H. Stauffer

“…Given the challenge of definitively discriminating between chemical and nuclear explosions using seismic methods alone, surface detection of signature noble…”
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Hydro‐Mechanical Measurements of Sheared Crystalline Rock Fractures With Applications for EGS Collab Experiments 1 and 2 by Meng, Meng, Frash, Luke P., Li, Wenfeng, Welch, Nathan J., Carey, J. William, Morris, Joseph, Neupane, Ghanashyam, Ulrich, Craig, Kneafsey, Timothy

“…We present hydro‐mechanical measurements that characterize shear on natural fractures in schist, amphibolite, and rhyolite specimens from the enhanced…”
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Rapid Mineral Precipitation During Shear Fracturing of Carbonate‐Rich Shales by Menefee, Anne H., Welch, Nathan J., Frash, Luke P., Hicks, Wes, Carey, J. William, Ellis, Brian R.

“…Target subsurface reservoirs for emerging low‐carbon energy technologies and geologic carbon sequestration typically have low permeability and thus rely…”
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Patterns in complex hydraulic fractures observed by true-triaxial experiments and implications for proppant placement and stimulated reservoir volumes by Frash, Luke P., Hampton, Jesse, Gutierrez, Marte, Tutuncu, Azra, Carey, J. William, Hood, John, Mokhtari, Mehdi, Huang, Hai, Mattson, Earl

“…Rocks are host to complex fracture networks that are difficult to locate in situ, and yet characterization of these fractures is crucial to predicting the…”
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Scale‐Bridging in Three‐Dimensional Fracture Networks: Characterizing the Effects of Variable Fracture Apertures on Network‐Scale Flow Channelization by Hyman, Jeffrey D., Sweeney, Matthew R., Frash, Luke P., Carey, J. William, Viswanathan, Hari S.

“…We incorporate observations of real fracture aperture variability observed in laboratory experiments into an ensemble of three‐dimensional discrete fracture…”
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Laboratory study of cyclic underground hydrogen storage in porous media with evidence of a dry near-well zone and evaporation induced salt precipitation by K C, Bijay, Frash, Luke P., Creasy, Neala M., Neil, Chelsea W., Purswani, Prakash, Li, Wenfeng, Meng, Meng, Iyare, Uwaila, Gross, Michael R.

“…Large-scale storage of ‘green’ hydrogen is essential in our quest to transition to renewable energy sources and achieve the net-zero emission targets. As such,…”
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Weak Bonded Interface and Shear Block Design for Validating Fracture Caging’s Effect in Induced Seismic Mitigation by Meng, Meng, Madenova, Yerkezhan, Frash, Luke P., Bijay, K. C., Zhang, Weicheng, Li, Wenfeng

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