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Zheng, Y., Wei, H., Zhang, A. and Niu, Q. (2025) Exploring the Influence of Fluid Viscosity on the Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Composite Coal Seams. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 323, Article 111203.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.111203

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• TITLE: Study of Injection Rate on Fracture Network Complexity during Hydraulic Fracturing: Experimental Insights from Concrete, Sandstone and Bituminous Coal

  AUTHORS: Tresphord Chishimba, Weiguo Liang, Ngambua Ngambua Rene, Irfan Ahmad Butt

  KEYWORDS: Hydraulic Fracturing, Injection Rate, Fracture Propagation, Fluid Viscosity, Fracture Complexity

  JOURNAL NAME: Engineering, Vol.18 No.5, May 8, 2026

  ABSTRACT: This study examines the influence of injection rate on fracture development during hydraulic fracturing using water as the fracturing fluid. Laboratory experiments were performed on concrete, low-permeability sandstone, and brittle bituminous coal over a broad range of injection rates. The results indicate that both low (