scholarly journals Fully Coupled Nonlinear Fluid Flow and Poroelasticity in Arbitrarily Fractured Porous Media: A Hybrid-Dimensional Computational Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (10) ◽  
pp. 7626-7658 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Jin ◽  
M. D. Zoback
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Computational Model ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Nonlinear Fluid ◽  
Fully Coupled

scholarly journals Special Issue: Fluid Flow in Fractured Porous Media

Processes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richeng Liu ◽  
Yujing Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Co2 Sequestration ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Deep Underground ◽  
Underground Reservoirs

The fluid flow in fractured porous media plays a significant role in the characteristic/assessment of deep underground reservoirs such as CO2 sequestration [1–3], enhanced oil recovery [4,5] and geothermal energy development [...]

Investigation of Low Frequency Elastic Wave Application for Fluid Flow Percolation Enhancement in Fractured Porous Media

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1159-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Keshavarzi ◽  
R. Karimi ◽  
I. Najafi ◽  
M. H. Ghazanfari ◽  
M. Amani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Elastic Wave ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Fractured Porous Media

Modeling two-phase fluid flow and rock deformation in fractured porous media

Poromechanics ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 333-338
Author(s):  
M. Bai ◽  
F. Meng ◽  
J.-C. Roegiers ◽  
Y. Abousleiman
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Rock Deformation ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Phase Fluid

scholarly journals A Novel Numerical Model for Fluid Flow in 3D Fractured Porous Media Based on an Equivalent Matrix-Fracture Network

Geofluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Yao ◽  
Chen He ◽  
Jianhua Yang ◽  
Qinghui Jiang ◽  
Jinsong Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Fractured Rock ◽  
Fracture Network ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Porous Matrix ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Hydraulic Aperture ◽  
Matrix Fracture

An original 3D numerical approach for fluid flow in fractured porous media is proposed. The whole research domain is discretized by the Delaunay tetrahedron based on the concept of node saturation. Tetrahedral blocks are impermeable, and fluid only flows through the interconnected interfaces between blocks. Fractures and the porous matrix are replaced by the triangular interface network, which is the so-called equivalent matrix-fracture network (EMFN). In this way, the three-dimensional seepage problem becomes a two-dimensional problem. The finite element method is used to solve the steady-state flow problem. The big finding is that the ratio of the macroconductivity of the whole interface network to the local conductivity of an interface is linearly related to the cubic root of the number of nodes used for mesh generation. A formula is presented to describe this relationship. With this formula, we can make sure that the EMFN produces the same macroscopic hydraulic conductivity as the intact rock. The approach is applied in a series of numerical tests to demonstrate its efficiency. Effects of the hydraulic aperture of fracture and connectivity of the fracture network on the effective hydraulic conductivity of fractured rock masses are systematically investigated.

scholarly journals Coupling Finite Elements for Modelling Fluid Flow in Fractured Porous Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 361-371
Author(s):  
B. Vafajou ◽  
D. Dias-Da-Costa ◽  
L. A. G. Bitencourt ◽  
O. L. Manzoli
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Finite Elements ◽  
Fractured Porous Media

scholarly journals Finite element modeling of fluid flow in fractured porous media using unified approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Hai-Bang Ly ◽  
Hoang-Long Nguyen ◽  
Minh-Ngoc Do
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Element Method

Understanding fluid flow in fractured porous media is of great importance in the fields of civil engineering in general or in soil science particular. This study is devoted to the development and validation of a numerical tool based on the use of the finite element method. To this aim, the problem of fluid flow in fractured porous media is considered as a problem of coupling free fluid and fluid flow in porous media or coupling of the Stokes and Darcy equations. The strong formulation of the problem is constructed, highlighting the condition at the free surface between the Stokes and Darcy regions, following by the variational formulation and numerical integration using the finite element method. Besides, the analytical solutions of the problem are constructed and compared with the numerical solutions given by the finite element approach. Both local properties and macroscopic responses of the two solutions are in excellent agreement, on condition that the porous media are sufficiently discretized by a certain level of finesse. The developed finite element tool of this study could pave the way to investigate many interesting flow problems in the field of soil science.

scholarly journals Convergence Analysis of a Numerical Method for a Fractional Model of Fluid Flow in Fractured Porous Media

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 2179
Author(s):  
Dossan Baigereyev ◽  
Nurlana Alimbekova ◽  
Abdumauvlen Berdyshev ◽  
Muratkan Madiyarov
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Fractional Derivatives ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Finite Difference Approximation ◽  
Difference Approximation ◽  
Numerical Schemes ◽  
Spatial Direction ◽  
Fully Discrete ◽  
Numerical Tests

The present paper is devoted to the construction and study of numerical methods for solving an initial boundary value problem for a differential equation containing several terms with fractional time derivatives in the sense of Caputo. This equation is suitable for describing the process of fluid flow in fractured porous media under some physical assumptions, and has an important applied significance in petroleum engineering. Two different approaches to constructing numerical schemes depending on orders of the fractional derivatives are proposed. The semi-discrete and fully discrete numerical schemes for solving the problem are analyzed. The construction of a fully discrete scheme is based on applying the finite difference approximation to time derivatives and the finite element method in the spatial direction. The approximation of the fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo is carried out using the L1-method. The convergence of both numerical schemes is rigorously proved. The results of numerical tests conducted for model problems are provided to confirm the theoretical analysis. In addition, the proposed computational method is applied to study the flow of oil in a fractured porous medium within the framework of the considered model. Based on the results of the numerical tests, it was concluded that the model reproduces the characteristic features of the fluid flow process in the medium under consideration.

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