Gary Douglas Couples

Heriot-Watt University — United Kingdom

Engineering · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis(88), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis(59), Drilling and Well Engineering(58), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques(52), Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques(40)

Publications225 total

La Mort de ‘Stress Function’? Challenging the Kirsch and Inglis Models
2025
Interactions Between Imbibition and Pressure-Driven Flow in a Microporous Deformed Limestone
Transport in Porous Media·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Discrete micro-physics interactions determine fracture apertures
Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources·2022Open Access
Pore Boundary Deformation and the Biot Coefficient: A Micromechanical Analysis
2022· 2 cited
Corrigendum: Shallow Compaction Modeling and Upscaling: A One-Dimensional Analytical Solution and Upscaling
Frontiers in Earth Science·2022Open Access
Shallow Compaction Modeling and Upscaling: A One-Dimensional Analytical Solution and Upscaling
Frontiers in Earth Science·2021Open Access
Physics of Fluid-Rock Geomechanical Interactions: The Matrix//Fracture Interface
2021
Estimation of pre-dolomitisation porosity and permeability of a nummulitic carbonate reservoir rock using the Multi-Component Architecture Method (MCAM)
Marine and Petroleum Geology·2021· 2 cited
What Process Is Indicated by Vein-Filled Caprocks?
55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium·2021
Experimental Investigation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Stress Sensitivity of Fracture Permeability Under Changing Polyaxial Stress Conditions
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
John Logie Baird and the secret in the box: The undiscovered story behind the world’s first public demonstration of television [Scanning Our Past]
Proceedings of the IEEE·2020· 2 cited
Where is the Water? – A Physics Analysis to Identify Possible Processes in Hydraulic Fracturing
54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium·2020
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Analysis of Dynamic Load Deformation in Geomaterials
Offshore Technology Conference·2020· 10 cited
Sampling and preparation of c.200 mm diameter cylindrical rock samples for geomechanical experiments
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Fluid-Rock Geomechanical Interactions: Micro-Mechanics and Fractured Reservoirs
ECMOR XVII·2020· 1 cited
Dynamic Fluid Ingress Detection in Geomaterials Using K-Band Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar
IEEE Access·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
3D-Stress Controls on the Permeability of Un-propped Hydraulically Induced Fractures
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019
Synthetic digital rock methods to estimate the impact of quartz cementation on porosity & permeability: Assessment of Miocene turbidite sandstones and prediction of deeper Oligocene sandstones, Niger Delta Basin
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering·2019· 6 cited
Phenomenological understanding of poroelasticity via the micromechanics of a simple digital-rock model
Geophysics·2019· 4 cited
Fast 4‐D Imaging of Fluid Flow in Rock by High‐Speed Neutron Tomography
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth·2019· 36 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jingsheng Ma(17), Zeyun Jiang(13), Helen Lewis(13), Kejian Wu(8), Marinus Izaak Jan Van Dijke(8), R. Stuart Haszeldine(6), Jun Yao(6), K. S. Sorbie(5), Piyang Liu(4), David Darby(3), Zhaoqin Huang(3), Hai Sun(3), Wenhui Song(3), Jim Buckman(3), Jamie Blanche(3), David Flynn(3), Patrick William Michael Corbett(2), Alessandro Tengattini(2), Andrew Fraser‐Harris(2), Christopher McDermott(2)