Method Implemented In A Computer For The Numerical Simulation Of A Porous Medium

The object of the invention is a method implemented in a computer for the numerical simulation of a porous medium that may comprise multiple interacting hydraulic fractures in continuous or naturally fractured medium. The method calculates numerically the propagation of a crack, or set of cracks, fo...

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Hauptverfasser:	CAROL VILARASAU Ignacio, ALIGUER PIFERRER Ignasi, MOOKANAHALLIPATNA RAMASESHA Lakshmikantha, SEGURA SERRA José María, PRAT CATALAN Pere, GAROLERA VINENT Daniel, ALVARELLOS IGLESIAS Jose
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS GEOPHYSICS GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS MEASURING MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS PHYSICS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The object of the invention is a method implemented in a computer for the numerical simulation of a porous medium that may comprise multiple interacting hydraulic fractures in continuous or naturally fractured medium. The method calculates numerically the propagation of a crack, or set of cracks, for instance under the fluid pressure imposed artificially through a well or perforation in a rock mass. This is accomplished by using the Finite Element Method and the special elements named zero-thickness interface or joint elements in the specialized literature, which are pre-inserted along all potential crack paths in the rock mass (pre-existing natural and artificial fractures plus main potential new fracture paths).