Continuum Damage Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture from ...
Figure 6 presents a typical field fracturing records of surface injection pressure and injection rate. The increasing injection rate is up to 8.0-11.0 m 3 /min. From the pump pressure curve, the average breakdown pressure is 26.9MPa. This data can be converted to the fracture initial pressure of 43.1MPa, with the addition of a hydraulic head of 18.0MPa and the friction loss of almost 1.8 MPa.