Brice Lecampion
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Fields of expertise
Mechanics of porous media,
Hydraulic fracturing,
Dense suspensions flow,
Geomechanics,
Geo-energy,
Rock mechanics
Hydraulic fracturing,
Dense suspensions flow,
Geomechanics,
Geo-energy,
Rock mechanics
Biography
I am currently leading the Geo-Energy Lab - Gaznat Chair on GeoEnergy at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Prior to joining EPFL, I have worked for Schlumberger in research and development from 2006 until May 2015 - serving in a variety of roles ranging from project manager to principal scientist in both Europe and the United States. I received my PhD in mechanics from Ecole Polytechnique, France in 2002 and worked as a research scientist in the hydraulic fracturing research group of CSIRO division of Petroleum resources (Melbourne, Australia) from 2003 to 2006.My current research aims at understanding the interplay between the growth of localized discontinuities in the Earth upper crust (in the form of fractures and faults) and fluid flow in geomaterials with applications in the field of environmental, civil engineering, seismology and tectonophysics. I am thus working at the intersection between continuum mechanics (solid and fluid dynamics) and geophysics, solving problems related to the energy transition (Geothermal Energy, CO2 storage, ...).
Education
PhD
Mechanics
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
2002
Ingénieur
Géophysique-Géotechnique
UPMC, Paris
1999
Publications
Infoscience publications
2023
Journal Articles
Post-injection aseismic slip as a mechanism for the delayed triggering of seismicity
Proceedings Of The Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical And Engineering Sciences. 2023-05-31. DOI : 10.1098/rspa.2022.0810.Three-dimensional buoyant hydraulic fractures: finite volume release
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2023. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2023.711.Conference Papers
Shearing and opening of a pre-existing discontinuity in response to fluid injection
2023-06-26. 57th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, GA, USA, June 25-28, 2023.Elongated hydraulic fracture emerging from layers of alternating fracture toughness
2023. 57th US Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium , Atlanta, USA, June 25-28, 2023.Theses
Three-dimensional fluid-driven frictional ruptures: theory and applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10303.Propagation of planar three-dimensional buoyant hydraulic fractures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10388.Three-dimensional hydraulic fracture propagation in homogeneous and heterogeneous media
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10105.Posters
The effect of in-situ linear stress gradient on the frictional shear rupture growth in 2D
EGU 2023, Vienna, Austria, April 24, 2023.Talks
Can a bi-lateral stress jump really arrest the height growth of a hydraulic fracture?
The Seventh International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 21-23 June 2023.Extraction of fluids to mitigate the seismic risk associated with post-injection aseismic slip
EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023.Transition from Vertical to Lateral Diking at the Neutral Buoyancy Line
European Geosciences Union, Annual Meeting 2023 (EGU2023), Vienna, Austria, April 23-28, 2023.Student Projects
Numerical modeling of ground movement above underground salt mines in Tuzla city, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023-08-01Datasets
Data and Workflow to: Three-dimensional buoyant hydraulic fractures: finite volume release (Möri and Lecampion, (2023))
2023-03-31.2022
Journal Articles
Laboratory investigation of hydraulic fracture growth in Zimbabwe gabbro
Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. 2022-10-25. DOI : 10.1029/2022JB025678.Three-dimensional buoyant hydraulic fractures: constant release from a point source
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2022-10-18. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2022.800.The influence of roughness on experimental fault mechanical behaviour and associated microseismicity
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2022-08-07. DOI : 10.1029/2022JB025113.Three-dimensional fluid-driven stable frictional ruptures
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104754.Conference Papers
Experimental Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Closure in a Porous Sandstone
2022-11-07. International Geomechanics Symposium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 5-10, 2022. DOI : 10.56952/IGS-2022-175.Experimental investigation of hydraulic fracture growth in an anisotropic rock with pre-existing discontinuities under different propagation regimes
2022. 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA , June 26–29, 2022. DOI : 10.56952/ARMA-2022-0239.Posters
Numerical Scheme for the Large-scale Geomechanical Simulations of CO2-storage
Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2022, Lausanne, Switzerland, Novembre 18-20, 2022.Talks
Fault roughness’s influence on experimental fault mechanical behavior
AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, USA, December 12-16, 2022.Numerical simulations of mixed shear and opening modes fluid driven fracture propagation on pre-existing discontinuities
The 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS Congress 2022,, Oslo, Norway, 5-9 June 2022.Hydraulic fracturing experiments in quasi- brittle rocks
11th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2022), Galway, Ireland, 4-8 July 2022.When, and for how long, two tough layers can contain the propagation of a fracture driven by the injection of a viscous fluid
8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS Congress 2022), Oslo, Norway, 5-9 June 2022.The Transient Phase of Planar, Three-Dimensional Buoyant Hydraulic Fractures Emerging from a Point Source
The 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2022), Oslo, 5 - 9 June.The birth and death of buoyant hydraulic fractures
Swiss Mech Seminar Series, Online organized by ETH Zürich, April 14, 2022.The effect of experimental fault roughness on bare fault surfaces and associated microseismicity
Friction and Wear Across Scales 2022, Ascona, Switzerland, August 15 - 18, 2022.Three-dimensional fluid-driven stable frictional ruptures
11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Galway, Ireland, 4-8 July.Spatio-temporal patterns of fluid-driven aseismic slip transients: implications to seismic swarms
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23-27 May, 2022.Steadily Moving Semi-Infinite Hydraulic Fracture in a Poroelastic Media
11th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2022), Galway, Irland, 4 - 8 July 2022.Teaching Resources
Elastodynamics - notes for earthquake source physics
2022-07-18.2021
Journal Articles
A plane‐strain hydraulic fracture driven by a shear‐thinning Carreau fluid
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2021-04-02. DOI : 10.1002/nag.3216.Arrest of a radial hydraulic fracture upon shut-in of the injection
International Journal of Solids and Structures. 2021-03-06. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.02.022.Propagation of a plane-strain hydraulic fracture accounting for a rough cohesive zone
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2021-01-24. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104322.Conference Papers
Combining active and passive acoustic methods to image hydraulic fracture growth in laboratory experiments
2021-09-22. Mechanics and Rock Engineering from Theory to Practice - the 2021 ISRM International Symposium (EUROCK 2021), Torino, Italy, September, 20-24, 2021. p. 012088. DOI : 10.1088/1755-1315/833/1/012088.Remembering François H. Cornet’s contribution to the geomechanics and geophysics communities
2021-08-31. 55th US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, June 18-25, 2021.Aseismic slip propagation in fractured rock masses driven by pore-fluid diffusion
2021-08-01. 55th US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, June 20-23, 2021.Theses
Hydraulic fracture growth in quasi-brittle materials
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8360.Posters
Limiting Regimes of a Three-Dimensional Buoyant Hydraulic Fracture Emerging from a Point Source
AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, USA, 13 - 17 December 2021.A Scaling Relation Between the Moment Release due to Aseismic Motion and the Injected Volume of Fluid
AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, USA, December 13-17, 2021.Talks
The breakthrough time of a hydraulic fracture contained between two tough layers
19th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Geneva 2021, [Online], 19-20 November 2021.Interaction and coalescence of fluid-driven fractures: numerical predictions versus experiments
APS physics March Meeting 2021, [Online], March 15-19, 2021.Scaling as a key component of the modelling of fluid driven fractures
2nd International conference on coupled processes in fractured geological media: observations, modeling and applications - CouFrac 2020, Seoul, Korea, 11-13 November 2020.Simulations of hydraulic fracture initiation, growth and closure driven by a viscoplastic mud
14th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, online, 11-15 January 2021.Three-dimensional aseismic ruptures driven by fluid injection
EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, April 19-30, 2021.Improved fracture front reconstruction in planar 3D fluid driven fractures simulation
14th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIV) and 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2020) (Eccomas Congress 2020 & 14th WCCM), Virtual Congress, January 11-15, 2021.Student Projects
Physics Informed Neural Networks for Surrogate Modelling and Inverse Problems in Geotechnics
2021-07-13Revisiting the Pohang Induced Earthquake
2021-07-13Rock Heterogeneity and Fractures
2021-07-132020
Journal Articles
Reply to comments on "Explicit versus implicit front advancing schemes for the simulation of hydraulic fracture growth" (Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 2019, 43 (6), 1300-1315)" by Prof. Linkov
International Journal For Numerical And Analytical Methods In Geomechanics. 2020-09-11. DOI : 10.1002/nag.3141.A fast boundary element based solver for localized inelastic deformations
International Journal For Numerical Methods In Engineering. 2020-08-28. DOI : 10.1002/nme.6520.Time-lapse reconstruction of the fracture front from diffracted waves arrivals in laboratory hydraulic fracture experiments
Geophysical Journal International. 2020-06-23. DOI : 10.1093/gji/ggaa310.Planar hydraulic fracture growth perpendicular to the isotropy plane in a transversely isotropic material
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2020-01-17. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.103878.PyFrac: A planar 3D hydraulic fracture simulator
Computer Physics Communications. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107368.Modeling of Simultaneous Propagation of Multiple Blade‑Like Hydraulic Fractures from a Horizontal Well
Rock Mechanics Rock Engineering. 2020. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-019-02002-4.Theses
Hydraulic stimulation of pre-existing discontinuities in tight rocks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7654.Propagation of fluid driven fractures in transversely isotropic material
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7470.Posters
Fully-coupled 3D modelling of magmatic dike Propagation – finite pulse release from a point source
EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4 - 8 May 2020.Talks
Transition from a radial to a 3D buoyancy-driven hydraulic fracture
18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2020 (SGM 2020), Zürich, Switzerland, 6 - 7 September 2020.Laboratory studies of hydraulic fracture growth in quasi-brittle rocks with different grain sizes
18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 7 November 2020.Student Projects
In-situ stress and rock characterisation via dry reopening test
2020-07-14Numerical back-analysis & future risk assessment of the Hirschigraben landslide(s)
2020-01-242019
Journal Articles
Slickwater hydraulic fracture propagation: near-tip and radial geometry solutions
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2019-10-10. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2019.716.Propagation of a fluid-driven fracture with fracture length dependent apparent toughness
Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 2019-08-21. DOI : 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.106616.Effect of dilatancy on the transition from aseismic to seismic slip due to fluid injection in a fault
Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. 2019-05-25. DOI : 10.1029/2018JB016636.Explicit versus implicit front advancing schemes for the simulation of hydraulic fracture growth
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2019. DOI : 10.1002/nag.2898.Conference Papers
Propagation of a planar hydraulic fracture perpendicular to the isotropy plane of a transversely isotropic material
2019-06-23. 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, New-York, USA, June, 23-26, 2019.Effects of spatial variation of cluster entry friction on hydraulic fracture propagation in multistage fracturing
2019-06-23. 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, New-York, USA, June, 23-26, 2019.Propagation of a plane-strain hydraulic fracture accounting for the presence of a cohesive zone and a fluid lag
2019-06-23. 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, New York City, June, 23-26, 2019.Growth of a radial hydraulic fracture accounting for the viscous fluid flow in a rough cohesive zone
2019. 2019 ARMA-CUPB Geothermal International Conference, Beijing, China, August 5-8, 2019.Reports
STIMDESIGN: Hydraulic stimulation design for deep geothermal reservoirs - a numerical approach
2019-11-01Posters
Fluid injection driven, a-seismic fracture growth with remote nucleation on heterogeneous fault
SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2019, EPFL,Lausanne, Switzerland, 3 - 4 September 2019.A-seismic fracture growth driven by fluid injection and remote nucleation of dynamic rupture in a weaker part of the fault
Third Schatzalp Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Davos, Switzerland, 5 - 8 March, 2019.Talks
Explicit versus implicit front advancing schemes for the simulation of hydraulic fracture growth.
CFRAC 2019: VI International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 12-14 June 2019.2018
Journal Articles
Impact of the anisotropy of fracture toughness on the propagation of planar 3D hydraulic fracture
International Journal of Fracture. 2018-03-16. DOI : 10.1007/s10704-018-0278-7.A lined hole in a viscoelastic rock under biaxial far-field stress
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.02.019.A semi-infinite hydraulic fracture driven by a shear-thinning fluid
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2018. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2017.900.Numerical methods for hydraulic fracture propagation: a review of recent trends
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.jngse.2017.10.012.Conference Papers
Accounting for near-wellbore fracture behavior to unlock the potential of unconventional gas wells
2018-06-29. 27th World Gas Conference, Washington, DC, USA, June 25-29.Talks
Hydraulic fracture growth in transversely isotropic rocks
Warren Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.Hydraulic fracture growth & turbulent flow
Departmental seminar, Skolkovo Institute of Technology, Moscow.Propagation of a Radial Fluid-driven Fracture in Nonlinear Solid --around the tip of a fluid-driven fracture: process zone vs deviated fluid flow
International Summer School on Mechanics and Physics of Stretchable Objects (MEPHiSTO 2018), Cargese, Corsica, France, 7-17 August 2018 .Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracture growth: advances & remaining challenges
10th European Sold Mechanics Conference, Bologna, Italy, July 2-6, 2018.The Importance of coupling wellbore hydraulic & simultaneous fractures propagation in multistage design
2018 ARMA-DGS Workshop: the Role of Geomechanics in Stimulations, Bahrain, April 3-5, 2018.Slickwater is not water
Hydraulic Fracturing: Modeling, Simulation, and Experiment workshop 18w5085 - Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada, June 3-8.2017
Journal Articles
The Role of Geological Barriers in Achieving Robust Well Integrity
Energy Procedia. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1673.Experiments versus theory for the initiation and propagation of radial hydraulic fractures in low permeability materials
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2016JB013183.Propagation of a height contained hydraulic fracture in turbulent flow regimes
International Journal of Solids and Structures. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.12.029.Book Chapters
Four Critical Issues for Successful Hydraulic Fracturing Applications
Rock Mechanics and Engineering; CRC Press, 2017.Posters
Modeling of the propagation of hydraulic fracture using cohesive zone models
15th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, November 17-18,2017.Modelling of fluid injection into a frictional weakening dilatant fault
2nd Induced Seismicity Workshop, Davos-Schatzalp, March 14-17, 2017.Effect of dilatancy on a frictional weakening fault subjected to fluid injection
European Geoscience Union, Vienna, April 23-28, 2017.Modelling of fluid injection into a frictional weakening dilatant fault
6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Champs-sur-Marne, Paris, July 9-13, 2017.Talks
Modeling the growth of planar 3D hydraulic fractures in the presence of in-situ stress contrast
Tip asymptotic of a hydraulic fracture driven by a power law fluid accounting for the presence of a fluid lag
6th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes in Geosystems, Paris, France, July 5-7, 2017.Hydraulic Fractures – Modeling and realities
Workshop on Multiphysics, Multiscale, and Coupled Problems in Subsurface Physics, Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, An NSF Math Institute at UCLA, Los Angeles, Ca, USA, April 3-7, 2017.Geothermal for Electricity Production: dreams & realities
Geothermal Energy Day, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands, March 23, 2017.Hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity
2nd Schatzalp workshop on Induced Seismicity, Davos, Switzerland, March 14-17, 2017.Patents
In-situ property determination
Schlumberger / Schlumberger Limited: US2017204726 ; US9647765 ; US2016134377 ; US9264147 ; WO2011119897 ; US2011274429 ; WO2011119897 . 2017-07-20.2016
Conference Papers
The role of geological barriers in achieving robust well integrity
2016. 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-13), Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 14-18, 2016.Laminar - turbulent transition in the propagation of height contained hydraulic fracture
2016. American Rock Mechanics Association Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, June 26-29, 2016.Posters
The tip region of a hydraulic fracture driven by a power law fluid
SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2016, Sion, Switzerland, September 12-13, 2016.Fluid injection in a frictional weakening fracture
SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2016, Sion, Switzerland, September 13, 2016.The tip region of a hydraulic fracture driven by a power law fluid
14th Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, November 18, 2016.Acoustic monitoring of laboratory hydraulic fracture growth under stress and pore pressure
14th Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, November 18, 2016.Simulating fully three-dimensional pressurized fracture propagation
14th Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, November 18, 2016.Modelling of fluid injection into a frictional weakening dilatant fault
14th Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, November 18, 2016.Talks
Impact of the propagation algorithm on the convergence rate of hydraulic fracturing simulator to reference solutions
ECCOMAS Congress 2016, Crete Island, Greece, June 5-10, 2016.Implicit level set scheme to model the propagation of planar 3D hydraulic fractures
14th Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, November 18, 2016.Turbulent - laminar transition in the propagation of height-contained hydraulic fracture
European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 17–22, 2016.Fluid Driven Fractures – Modeling and realities
SCCER / SoE Geo-Energy seminar, Zurich, Switzerland, October 14, 2016.Fluid-driven fractures: modeling and realities
Annual MAGS-2 / SHynergie Projects Workshop, Bochum, Germany, October 4-5, 2016.2015
Journal Articles
Robustness to formation geological heterogeneities of the limited entry technique for multi-stage fracturing of horizontal wells
Rock Mechanics And Rock Engineering. 2015. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-015-0836-5.Pressure-Driven Suspension Flow near Jamming
Physical Review Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.088301.Simultaneous initiation and growth of multiple radial hydraulic fractures from a horizontal wellbore
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmps.2015.05.010.Conference Papers
Geomechanical drivers of the (in)-efficiencies of multi-stage hydraulic fracturing
2015. Second EAGE Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy, Celle, Germany, October 13-15, 2015.Modeling Simultaneous Initiation and Propagation of Hydraulic Fractures Transverse to a Horizontal Wellbore
2015. 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM 13), San Diego, Ca, July 26-30, 2015.Well Integrity and CO2 injection: Interface debonding in a cased and cemented wellbore as a potential risk
2015. Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, Barcelona, Spain, June 2--4, 2015.Can we engineer better multistage horizontal completions? Evidence of the importance of near-wellbore fracture geometry from theory, lab and field experiments
2015. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, February 3-5, 2015.Initiation versus Breakdown pressure of transverse hydraulic fracture: theory and experiments
2015. 13th ISRM International Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Montreal, May 10-13, 2015.Laboratory study of the Effect of well Orientation, Completion Design and rock fabric on near-wellbore hydraulic fracture geometry in shales
2015. 13th ISRM International Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Montreal, May 10-13, 2015.Talks
Particle laden fluids in hydraulic fracturing
68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, Massachussets, USA, November 21-23, 2015.Hydraulic fracturing for unconventional resources development: challenges & opportunities for the mechanical community
ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, USA, November 13-19, 2015.Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing Practices in the Oil and Gas Industry
Institute for Mathematics and its Application - Hot-Topic Workshop:Hydraulic Fracturing: From Modeling and Simulation to Reconstruction and Characterization, May 16, 2015.2014
Journal Articles
Confined flow of suspensions modelled by a frictional rheology
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2014. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2014.557.Conference Papers
Simultaneous Initiation and propagation of multiple transverse hydraulic fractures in a horizontal well
2014. 48th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1--4 June, 2014.Benefits of Controlled Hydraulic Fracture Placement: Theory and Field Experiment
2014. SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2014.Limited Height Growth and Reduced Opening of Hydraulic Fractures due to Fracture Offsets: An XFEM Application
2014. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 4--6 February, 2014. DOI : 10.2118/168622-MS.Reports
1DPlanarHF - Simulation of the initiation and propagation of a single plane-strain or radial hydraulic fracture: algorithm description
2014Talks
Simultaneous initiation and propagation of multiple hydraulic fractures from a horizontal well
Reunion Thématique du Comité Français de Mécanique des Roches - Fracturation artificielle des roches, October 16, 2014.Complex fluid proppant placement in the hydraulic fracturing of oil gas wells
Seminar School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, March 26, 2014.Patents
Competition between transverse and axial hydraulic fractures in horizontal well
US10267131 ; US2015218925 ; CN104755699 ; WO2014028432 . 2014.2013
Journal Articles
Interface debonding driven by fluid injection in a cased and cemented wellbore: Modeling and experiments
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.07.012.A macroscopic poromechanical model of cement hydration
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering. 2013. DOI : 10.1080/19648189.2013.768554.Conference Papers
Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing using the XFEM
2013. Society of Engineering Science, ASME-AMD Summer Meeting, Brown University School of Engineering, Providence, RI, USA.Competition between transverse and axial hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells
2013. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 4--6 February, 2013.Initiation and Breakdown of an Axisymmetric Hydraulic Fracture Transverse to a Horizontal Wellbore
2013. The International Conference for Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, Brisbane, Australia, May 20--22, 2013.Reports
Lubrication flow of wet granular medium / dense suspension
2013Talks
Crystallization Preferred Orientation induced by mechanical stresses
Strains induced by phase changes in deformable porous solids: What about building materials ? A workshop supported by Lafarge, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, July 8, 2013.Interface debonding driven by fluid injection in a cased and cemented wellbore
Friday Geoseminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, April 5, 2013.Patents
Method to optimize perforations for hydraulic fracturing in anisotropic earth formations
US2017145818 ; US9376902 ; US2013206475 . 2013.2012
Journal Articles
Modeling size effects associated with tensile fracture initiation from a wellbore
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2012.07.024.Conference Papers
CO2 Storage in Coal Seams: Coupling Surface Adsorption and Strain
2012. p. 115-132. DOI : 10.1002/9781118577424.ch7.Hydraulic Fracture initiation in quasi-brittle material
2012. Hydraulic Fracturing Summit XII, Country Club, Johannesburg, South Africa, May, 2012.Case Studies for Monitoring of CO2 Storage Sites, based on Ground Deformation Monitoring with Radar Satellites
2012. Third EAGE CO2 Geological Storage Workshop, Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 26--27 March, 2012.Hydraulic Fracture Initiation From an Open-hole: Wellbore Size, Pressurization Rate And Fluid-solid Coupling Effects
2012. 46th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, June 24--27, 2012.Reports
Size Effects associated with Tensile Fracture Initiation from a Wellbore: Comparison between Brittle Criteria and Cohesive Zone Models
2012Talks
Hydraulic Fracture Modeling and Design
EAP Event Science and Engineering of Gas Shales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 20, 2012.2011
Journal Articles
Monitoring CO2 migration in an injection well: Evidence from MovECBM
Energy Procedia. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.498.Interface debonding as a controlling mechanism for loss of well integrity: Importance for CO2 injector wells
Energy Procedia. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.500.Stability of a leakage pathway in a cemented annulus
Energy Procedia. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.508.Conference Papers
Evolution of Portland Cement Mechanical Properties exposed to CO2-rich fluids: investigation at different scales
2011. Symposium on the Mechanics and Physics of Porous Solids: A tribute to Pr. Olivier Coussy. p. 129-152.Inversion of time-lapse InSAR data for reservoir pressure monitoring: Example of the Krechba field, Algeria
2011. EAGE / SPE EUROPEC Annual Conference and Exhibition, Vienna.Adsorption and strain: from the molecule to a coal bed reservoir
2011. p. 181--198.Carbon dioxide injection in coal beds: from molecular simulations to reservoir simulations
2011.Reports
Hydraulic fracture initiation in boreholes with pre-existing notches: preliminary static analysis of stress and stress-intensity factor controls on longitudinal and transverse fracture initiation
2011Talks
Evolution of Portland Cement Mechanical Properties exposed to CO2-rich fluids: investigation at different scales
Mechanics and Physics of Porous Solids - a tribute to Pr. O. Coussy, Ecole des Ponts, Champs sur Marne, April, 2011.Patents
Compositions and methods for well treatment
BR112012028422 ; US2013105160 ; AU2011254886 ; EP2404884 ; CA2797283 ; WO2011144433 . 2011.2010
Journal Articles
Reconstructing the 3D initial stress state over reservoir geo-mechanics model from local measurements and geological priors: a Bayesian approach
Schlumberger J. of Modeling, Design, and Simulation. 2010.Reusing O&G-Depleted Reservoirs for CO2 Storage: Pros and Cons
SPE Projects, Facilities & Construction. 2010. DOI : 10.2118/124317-PA.Stress-induced crystal preferred orientation in the poromechanics of in-pore crystallization
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2010. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.07.001.Conference Papers
Assessment of Leakage Pathways Along a Cemented Annulus
2010. SPE International Conference on CO2 Capture, Storage, and Utilization.The geometry of a hydraulic fracture growing along a wellbore annulus
2010. 9th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Limassol, Cyprus, July 12-14, 2010. p. 341--350.Challenges in Modeling of Temperature Effects in CO2 Injection Operations
2010. Sour Oil Gas Advanced Technology Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 28 - April 1, 2010.Reports
Defect prediction in a cased and cemented wellbore
2010Hydration of a Cement Annulus under Downhole Conditions
2010Consistent upscaling / downscaling for double porosities / double permeabilities geomechanical models: microporomechanics of fractured media
2010Cement Hydration: a macroscopic poromechanical point of view
2010Patents
Hydraulic fracturing
US7677306 ; RU2006112550 ; US2007235181 ; CA2539118 ; WO2005026496 . 2010.System and method for performing wellsite containment operations
BRPI1013494 ; EA201171400 ; US2012109611 ; MX2011011951 ; WO2010131113 ; WO2010131113 . 2010.2009
Journal Articles
An extended finite element method for hydraulic fracture problems
Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/cnm.1111.Long-term well bore integrity in Otway: Integrating ultrasonic logs, cement petrophysics, and mechanical analysis
Energy Procedia. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.148.Conference Papers
Chemo-Poro-Mechanical Model of {MgO} Hydration in Hydrated Cement Paste
2009. Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics. p. 324.Measuring Hydraulic Fracture Growth in Naturally Fractured Rock
2009. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.Reports
A MATLAB 3-D Initial Stress Inversion Tool: User's Manual and Tutorial
2009Collocation of Fundamental Solutions in the homogeneous half-space: Preliminary Geomechanical Appraisal associated with CO2 injection
2009Talks
Preferred Orientation Effects in the Poromechanics of in-pore crystallization
9th Euro Conference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics, Ascona, Switzerland, September, 2009.2008
Conference Papers
Fluid driven debonding of the casing - cement interface of an oil-well
2008. Hydraulic fracturing summit VIII, Halifax, NS, Canada, July, 2008.Crystallization Preferred Orientation in Porous Media
2008. 1st South Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium, Perth, Australia, 16--19 September, 2008. p. 587--600. DOI : 10.36487/ACG_repo/808_96.Reports
Integrating local measurements and geological priors for 3D Initial Stress Inversion: Algorithm description
2008Vertical propagation of a micro-annulus in a cemented wellbore: plane-strain approximation, negligible leak-off, incompressible fluid solution
2008Predictions of hydrated cement properties: Multiscale micro-poro-mechanical modeling
2008Talks
Effect of Cement Carbonation on Mechanical Properties
Workshop of the IEA-GHG Well-Integrity network, Paris, March, 2008.2007
Journal Articles
An implicit algorithm for the propagation of a hydraulic fracture with a fluid lag
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.cma.2007.06.011.Conference Papers
Practical lessons on Tiltmeter Hydraulic Fracturing Mapping: the Ridgeways and NorthParkes cases
2007. Hydraulic fracturing summit VII, Atlanta, GA, USA, June, 2007.An extended Finite Element Method for hydraulic fracture problems
2007. 18th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the ASCE (EMD2007), Virginia Tech., June, 2007.CO2 Storage Geomechanics for Performance and Risk Management
2007.Reports
Geodetic monitoring for CO2 Storage: a brief review
20072006
Journal Articles
Identification of Poroelastic Constants of “Tight” Rocks from Laboratory Tests
International Journal of Geomechanics. 2006. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2006)6:3(201).Conference Papers
Extended finite element for hydraulic fracture modeling
2006. Hydraulic Fracturing Summit VI, Pemburton, WA, Australia, July, 2006.Reports
E48 Hydraulic Fracture Experiment: Tiltmeter Monitoring, Installation and preliminary analysis
2006Static-TAL: a Tilt Analysis Library using static fracture models
2006Patents
Hydraulic fracturing
RU2006104788 ; US2006219402 . 2006.2005
Journal Articles
Resolving the Geometry of Hydraulic Fractures from Tilt Measurements
Pure and Applied Geophysics. 2005. DOI : 10.1007/s00024-005-2786-4.Conference Papers
Plane-strain analysis of post-coalescence interaction between fluid-driven cracks and pre-existing fractures
2005. Alaska Rocks, The 40th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Anchorage, June 25--29, 2005.Model Selection in Hydraulic Fracture imaging from elastostatic measurements
2005. 5th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering: Theory and Practice, Cambridge, UK, 11--15th July, 2005.Model Selection in Hydraulic fracture monitoring from Elastostatic Measurements
2005. Hydraulic Fracturing Summit V, Vancouver, BC, Canada.Reports
Thermoporoelastic induced fracture initiation in Horizontal well
20052004
Journal Articles
Sensitivity analysis for parameter identification in quasi-static poroelasticity
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2004. DOI : 10.1002/nag.409.Conference Papers
Real-time {Bayesian} Inversion of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Efficiency from Tiltmeter Measurements
2004. ATCE, Houston, September 26--29, 2004.Real-time estimation of fracture volume and hydraulic fracturing treatment efficiency
2004.Tiltmeter fracture monitoring
2004. Hydraulic Fracturing Summit IV, Moscow, Russia.2003
Journal Articles
Mapping of hydraulic fractures from tiltmeter measurements
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003.Conference Papers
Resolution of fracture dimensions from Elastostatic measurements
2003. Hydraulic fracturing summit III, Moose Lake, WI, USA, June, 2003.A discussion of sensitivity analysis for the identification of poroelastic material parameters
2003. 7th US National Conference on Computational Mechanics, July, 2003.2002
Conference Papers
On the determination of elastoviscoplastic constants of hard marls from in situ measurements performed on a motorway tunnel in the Alps
2002. North American Rocks Mechanics Symposium, Toronto. p. 251--258.Identification of poroelastic constant of deep argillaceous rocks II: Inverse analysis
2002. 2nd Biot conference on Poromechanics. p. 245-250. DOI : 10.1201/9781003078807-37.Theses
Sur l'identification des paramètres des lois de comportement des roches argileuses
Ecole Polytechnique - France, 2002.2001
Conference Papers
Identification of constitutive parameters in engineering problems
2001. Workshop on Inverse Problems: Detection of Internal Damage, Karlsruhe, Germany.Study of the creep behavior of a possible host clayed rock
2001. 6th International Workshop on Key Issues in Waste Isolation Research, ENPC, Paris.1999
Student Projects
A Numerical study of Rock Cutting
1999Research
Hydraulic fracturing
- Initiation of hydraulic fracture (size-effects, fluid effects etc.)- Initiation and simultaneous propagation of multiple hydraulic fractures
- Validation and codes benchmarking
Inverse Problems in geomechanics
- Monitoring of fracture(s) growth via acoustic methods- Reconstruction of 3D in-situ stress field from quantitative and qualitative data
- Use of InSAR data for reservoir monitoring
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Civil Engineering
PhD Students
Fakhretdinova Regina, Liardon Tristan, Lima E Silva Pedro, Sarma Antareep Kumar, Talebkeikhah Mohsen,Past EPFL PhD Students
Ciardo Federico , Liu Dong , Moukhtari Fatima-Ezzahra , Möri Andreas , Peruzzo Carlo , Sáez Uribe Alexis Alejandro ,Courses
Geotechnical engineering
Students know the different type of geotechnical structure (foundation, retaining walls etc,) their design and construction techniques.
They are able to determine the different factors controlling the realisation of a geotechnical structure, and design these structures to satisfy the limit states.
Computational geomechanics
The goal of this course is to introduce the student to modern numerical methods for the solution of coupled & non-linear problems arising in geo-mechanics / geotechnical engineering.
Continuum mechanics and applications
This course covers the fundamentals of continuum mechanics theory at the level of the graduate level and provide modern examples of applications in mechanics of fluids, solids and structures. It is adequate for students with a background in civil engineering, mechanical or material
Introduction to earthquake source physics
This course presents the classical and new approaches required to study the source mechanisms of earthquakes, combining theory and observations in a unified methodology, with a key focus on the mechanics governing fault ruptures highlighting novel developments in the field.
Fundamentals of Fracture with Fundamental Papers
The principles of fracture mechanics, from the energy balance approach of Griffith through modern computational approaches, will be introduced using key papers. Phase-field modeling and atomistic processes in fracture, as well as experimental developments, will complement theory.
Selected topics in poromechanics
This course presents fundamental and selected topics of the mechanics and physics of fluid-infiltrated porous media with applications to geo-mechanics. Mathematical modeling and the techniques for the solution of the resulting initial boundary value problems will be emphasized (scaling,numerics...).
Mechanics of earthquakes and aseismic slip
Fundamentals of fracture and friction. Numerical methods for models of earthquakes and aseismic slip. Geophysical observations/measurements. Aseismic slip and slow slip events: models and observations. Seismic slip and earthquake dynamics: models and observations.