Self-similar solutions for a fractional thin film equation governing hydraulic fractures

DOI10.1007/S00220-015-2459-9zbMATH Open1330.35330arXiv1403.7491OpenAlexW3103242392MaRDI QIDQ748461FDOQ748461

Authors: Antoine Mellet, C. Imbert 

Publication date: 29 October 2015

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, self-similar solutions for a fractional thin film equation governing hydraulic fractures are constructed. One of the boundary conditions, which accounts for the energy required to break the rock, involves the toughness coefficient $Kgeq0$. Mathematically, this condition plays the same role as the contact angle condition in the thin film equation. We consider two situations: The zero toughness ($K=0$) and the finite toughness $Kin(0,infty)$ cases. In the first case, we prove the existence of self-similar solutions with constant mass. In the second case, we prove that for all $Kextgreater0$ there exists an injection rate for the fluid such that self-similar solutions exist.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.7491

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zbMATH Keywords

self-similar solutionsthin filmtoughnesshydraulic fracture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Fractional partial differential equations (35R11) Thin fluid films (76A20)

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