Method to generate the in-situ state of stress in a domain Ω in a geological structure
US10684392B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2111/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a computer-implemented invention for numerical modeling of a geological structure. The present invention solves the problem providing a method for use in the numerical simulation of the in-situ stress in a geological structure represented by a domain Ω located under its external ground surface S. The method comprises mainly two steps: determining a first state of in-situ stress in the domain Ω by means of six stress components and a second step determining a correction of the first state of stress in order to satisfy the equilibrium equation.
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