Stress determination from hydraulic fracturing tests: the system stiffness approach

The distribution of stress in the neighbourhood of a crack in an elastic solid

I. N. Sneddon · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1946 · 1.2K citations

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Initiation and Extension of Hydraulic Fractures in Rocks

B.C. Haimson, C. Fairhurst · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal · 1967 · 734 citations

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The Effect of Thermoelastic Stresses on Injection Well Fracturing

T.K. Perkins, Jorge A. González · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal · 1985 · 221 citations

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Uncertainty in the maximum principal stress estimated from hydraulic fracturing measurements due to the presence of the induced fracture

Jonny Rutqvist, Chin‐Fu Tsang, Ove Stephansson · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2000 · 130 citations · Full text

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Characteristics of shut‐in curves in hydraulic fracturing stress measurements and determination of in situ minimum compressive stress

Kazuo Hayashi, B.C. Haimson · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1991 · 100 citations

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