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GRANULAR FRACTURE [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A granular substance(as sand grains, walnut shells, or other material carried in suspension by the fracturing fluid) that serves to keep the fracture open when the fracturing fluid is withdrawn after a fracture treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Sable, céramique ou billes de résine pompés dans un trou de forage à la fin de l'étape de fracturation afin d'agrandir les fractures nouvellement créées et ainsi augmenter la perméabilité.

CONT

Fracturation. [...] au fur et à mesure de l'extension de la fracture, on injecte un matériau granulaire, appelé agent de soutènement, destiné à maintenir la fracture ouverte lorsque la pression est relâchée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

An interstice occurring in granular material or a fracture in rock formation, or a tubular opening in soluble rocks or lava, which is connected with other interstices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Interstices dans des matériaux granulaires ou fractures dans une formation rocheuse, raccordés entre eux, rendant ainsi la formation perméable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Red tupida de intersticios que es la que confiere permeabilidad a una roca.

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Record 3 1999-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

A dark-colored variety of ozokerite showing a granular fracture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

A type of irregular surface produced when metal is broken that is characterized by a rough, grainlike appearance, rather than a smooth or fibrous one.

OBS

Granular fracture can be subclassified as transgranular fracture or intergranular fracture. It is frequently called crystalline fracture; however, the inference that the metal broke because it "crystallized" is not justified, because all metals are crystalline in the solid state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
DEF

Cassure présentant un faciès irrégulier d'aspect rugueux et laissant apparaître des grains. Elle se différencie de la rupture fibreuse d'aspect plus soyeux et moins rugueux.

OBS

Une rupture granulaire peut être de type intergranulaire ou de type transgranulaire.

Spanish

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