Hydraulic fracture simulation with an extended finite element method
US9405867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/66
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes defining respective positions of a first set of nodes and a second set of nodes in an enrichment region, and performing a coupled pore fluid diffusion and stress analysis on the enrichment region at the first set of nodes. It is then determined whether the second set of nodes is activated—representing a fracture—as a result of the analysis, and the results are visually output to a user.
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