Yongfa Zhang

A New Criterion for a Toughness-Dominated Hydraulic Fracture Crossing a Natural Frictional Interface

Yu Zhao, Pengfei He, Yongfa Zhang et al. · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2018 · 110 citations

Toughness-dominated Hydraulic Fracture, Engineering, Mechanics +11

Mutual impact of true triaxial stress, borehole orientation and bedding inclination on laboratory hydraulic fracturing of Lushan shale

Yongfa Zhang, Anfa Long, Yu Zhao et al. · Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering · 2023 · 88 citations · Full text

Rock Testing, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +18

Experimental study on relationship between fracture propagation and pumping parameters under constant pressure injection conditions

Yu Zhao, Yongfa Zhang, Haiqing Yang et al. · Fuel · 2021 · 70 citations

Engineering, Fracture Propagation, Mechanics +8

Acoustic Emission Evolution and Hydraulic Fracture Morphology of Changning Shale Stressed to Failure at Different Injection Rates in the Laboratory

Yongfa Zhang, Yu Zhao, Arno Zang et al. · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2023 · 69 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulic Fracture Morphology, Hydraulic Fracturing +8

Hydraulic fracturing characteristics and evaluation of fracturing effectiveness under different anisotropic angles and injection rates: An experimental investigation in absence of confining pressure

Yu Zhao, Yongfa Zhang, Chaolin Wang et al. · Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering · 2021 · 64 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing, Engineering +11