Abstract Development of models and dedicated numerical methods for dynamics in fractured rocks is an active research field, with moving towards increasingly advanced process couplings complex fracture networks. The inclusion coupled processes simulation challenged by the high aspect ratio fractures, geometry networks, crucial impact that completely change characteristics on fracture-rock interface. This paper provides a general discussion design principles introducing fractures simulators,...

Summary A fractured poroelastic body is considered where the opening of fractures governed by a nonpenetration law, whereas slip described Coulomb‐type friction law. This physical model results in nonlinear variational inequality problem. The rewritten as complementary function, and semismooth Newton method used to solve system equations. For discretization, we use hybrid scheme displacements are given terms degrees freedom per element, an additional Lagrange multiplier representing traction...

Fractures are ubiquitous in the subsurface and strongly affect flow deformation. The physical shape of fractures, they long thin objects, puts strong limitations on how effect this dynamics can be incorporated into standard reservoir simulation tools. This paper reports development an open-source software framework, termed PorePy, which is aimed at transport three-dimensional fractured reservoirs, as well deformation due to shearing along fracture fault planes. Starting from a description...

Abstract The effect of heterogeneity induced by highly permeable fracture networks on viscous miscible fingering in porous media is examined using high-resolution numerical simulations. We consider the planar injection a less fluid into two-dimensional fractured medium that saturated with more fluid. This problem contains two sets fundamentally different preferential flow regimes; first caused fingering, and second due to permeability contrasts between fractures rock matrix. study transition...

Abstract This work consists of two parts. In the first part, we present new methods for generating unstructured polyhedral grids that align to prescribed geometric objects. Control-point alignment cell centroids is introduced accurately represent horizontal and multilateral wells, but can also be used create volumetric representations fracture networks. Boundary faces preserve geological features such as layers, fractures, faults, and/or pinchouts. Prescribed objects will often intersect...

Development of models and dedicated numerical methods for dynamics in fractured rocks is an active research field, with moving towards increasingly advanced process couplings complex fracture networks. The inclusion coupled processes simulation challenged by the high aspect ratio fractures, geometry networks crucial impact that completely change characteristics on fracture-rock interface. This paper provides a general discussion design principles introducing fractures simulators, defines...

A fractured poroelastic body is considered where the opening of fractures governed by a nonpenetration law while slip described Coulomb-type friction law. This physical model results in nonlinear variational inequality problem. The rewritten as complimentary function, and semismooth Newton method used to solve system equations. For discretization, we use hybrid scheme displacements are given terms degrees freedom per element, an additional Lagrange multiplier representing traction added on...

Development of models and dedicated numerical methods for dynamics in fractured rocks is an active research field, with moving towards increasingly advanced process couplings complex fracture networks. The inclusion coupled processes simulation challenged by the high aspect ratio fractures, geometry networks crucial impact that completely change characteristics on fracture-rock interface. This paper provides a general discussion design principles introducing fractures simulators, defines...

The effect of heterogeneities induced by highly permeable fracture networks on viscous miscible fingering in porous media is examined using high-resolution numerical simulations. We consider the planar injection a less fluid into two-dimensional fractured medium which saturated with more fluid. This problem contains two sets fundamentally different preferential flow regimes; first caused and second due to permeability contrasts between fractures rock matrix. study transition from regime...

Quantifying the risk of CO2 leakage along faults is important for building confidence in storage faulted reservoirs. Increased understanding has been gained recent years on fault geology and their statistics from outcrop analogues laboratory studies. Detailed fault-flow simulation studies have also assessed impact heterogeneity along-fault at scale meters. However, fine-scale impacted by field-scale reservoir processes possibly regional-scale pressure dynamics. It remains a challenge to...

Models that involve coupled dynamics in a mixed-dimensional geometry are of increasing interest several applications. Here, we describe the development simulation model for flow fractured porous media, where fractures and their intersections form hierarchy interacting subdomains. We discuss implementation framework, with an emphasis on reuse existing discretization tools mono-dimensional problems. The key ingredients representation as graph, which allows convenient data storage,...