Fracture half-length

(1)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle X_f = 0.524 \left( \frac{q^3 E'}{\mu \, h_f^4} \right)^{1/5} \, t^{4/5}\end{array}$

Fracture width at well site

(2)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle w_{f0} = 3.04 \left( \frac{q^2 \mu}{E' \, h_f} \right)^{1/5} \, t^{1/5}\end{array}$

Average fracture width

(3)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \bar w_f = \frac{\pi}{5} \, w_{f0}\end{array}$

Net pressure at the wellbore

(4)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle p_f = 1.524 \left( \frac{E'^4 \, q^2 \, \mu}{h_f^6} \right)^{1/5} \, t^{1/5}\end{array}$

where

$\begin{array}{l}t\end{array}$	injection time
$\begin{array}{l}q\end{array}$	injection rate
$\begin{array}{l}Q(t)\end{array}$	cumulative inecetion over time $\begin{array}{l}t\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}h_f\end{array}$	fracture height
$\begin{array}{l}E' =\frac{E}{1-\nu^2}\end{array}$	plain stress
$\begin{array}{l}E\end{array}$	Young modulus
$\begin{array}{l}\nu\end{array}$	Poisson ratio
$\begin{array}{l}\mu\end{array}$	fluid viscosity

Reference

Perkins, Kern and Nordgren

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