Failure pattern around the borehole in elastic and strength anisotropic rock formations

10.4231/0NWT-5Y39

Douglas R Schmitt , Wei Li , Wenjing Wang

08/11/2021

A Matlab-based algorithm that predicts the development of borehole breakouts in elastic and strength anisotropic rock formations using Lekhnitskij-Amadei (LA) equations.

anisotropy EAPS failure pattern Matlab single plane of weakness wellbore stability analysis