scholarly journals Numerical Simulation on Hydromechanical Coupling in Porous Media Adopting Three-Dimensional Pore-Scale Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianjun Liu ◽  
Rui Song ◽  
Mengmeng Cui
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Micro Ct ◽  
Pore Scale ◽  
Hydromechanical Coupling ◽  
Rock Matrix

A novel approach of simulating hydromechanical coupling in pore-scale models of porous media is presented in this paper. Parameters of the sandstone samples, such as the stress-strain curve, Poisson’s ratio, and permeability under different pore pressure and confining pressure, are tested in laboratory scale. The micro-CT scanner is employed to scan the samples for three-dimensional images, as input to construct the model. Accordingly, four physical models possessing the same pore and rock matrix characteristics as the natural sandstones are developed. Based on the micro-CT images, the three-dimensional finite element models of both rock matrix and pore space are established by MIMICS and ICEM software platform. Navier-Stokes equation and elastic constitutive equation are used as the mathematical model for simulation. A hydromechanical coupling analysis in pore-scale finite element model of porous media is simulated by ANSYS and CFX software. Hereby, permeability of sandstone samples under different pore pressure and confining pressure has been predicted. The simulation results agree well with the benchmark data. Through reproducing its stress state underground, the prediction accuracy of the porous rock permeability in pore-scale simulation is promoted. Consequently, the effects of pore pressure and confining pressure on permeability are revealed from the microscopic view.

Effective Shear Area in One Dimensional Ship Hull Finite Element Models to Predict Natural Frequencies of Vibration

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osvaldo Pinheiro de Souza e Silva ◽  
Severino Fonseca da Silva Neto ◽  
Ilson Paranhos Pasqualino ◽  
Antonio Carlos Ramos Troyman
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Shear Area

This work discusses procedures used to determine effective shear area of ship sections. Five types of ships have been studied. Initially, the vertical natural frequencies of an acrylic scale model 3m in length in a laboratory at university are obtained from experimental tests and from a three dimensional numerical model, and are compared to those calculated from a one dimensional model which the effective shear area was calculated by a practical computational method based on thin-walled section Shear Flow Theory. The second studied ship was a ship employed in midshipmen training. Two models were made to complement some studies and vibration measurements made for those ships in the end of 1980 decade when some vibration problems in them were solved as a result of that effort. Comparisons were made between natural frequencies obtained experimentally, numerically from a three dimensional finite element model and from a one dimensional model in which effective shear area is considered. The third and fourth were, respectively, a tanker ship and an AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply) boat, both with comparison between three and one dimensional models results out of water. Experimental tests had been performed in these two ships and their results were used in other comparison made after the inclusion of another important effect that acts simultaneously: the added mass. Finally, natural frequencies experimental and numerical results of a barge are presented. The natural frequencies numerical results of vertical hull vibration obtained from these approximations of effective shear areas for the five ships are finally discussed.

A Predictive Pore-Scale Model for Non-Darcy Flow in Porous Media

SPE Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 579-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Balhoff ◽  
Mary F. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Darcy Flow ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Pore Scale ◽  
Pore Scale Model
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