Method implemented in a computer for the numerical simulation of a porous medium
US10571603B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F17/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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).
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