The optimal design of production in fractured geothermal reservoirs requires knowledge of the resource’s connectivity, therefore making fracture characterization highly important. This study aims to develop methodologies to use resistivity measurements to infer fracture properties in geothermal fields. The resistivity distribution in the field can be estimated by measuring potential differences...

In this work, a meshfree method is used to simulate thermo-mechanical ductile fracture under finite deformation. A Galerkin meshfree formulation incorporating the Johnson-Cook damage model is implemented in numerical computations. We are interested in the simulation of thermomechanical effects on ductile fracture under large scale yielding. A rate form adiabatic split is proposed in the constit...

Consisting of stretchable and flexible cell walls or ligaments, soft elastic foams exhibit extremely high fracture toughness. Using the analogy between the cellular structure and the network structure of rubbery polymers, this paper proposes a scaling law for the fracture energy of soft elastic foam. To verify the scaling law, a phase-field model for the fracture processes in soft elastic struc...

To achieve an accurate and comprehensive characterization of the multiscale pore–fracture characteristics Permian coal in Jingbian Block, Ordos Basin, a combination scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray computed tomography (CT), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques was utilized. With these experiments, mineral composition, pore size distribution (PSD), porosity, connectivity pores sa...

Fractured-rock aquifers display spatially and temporally variable hydraulic conductivity generally attributed to variable fracture intensity and connectivity. Empirical evidence suggests fracture aperture and hydraulic conductivity are sensitive to in situ stress. This study investigates the sensitivity of fractured-rock hydraulic conductivity, groundwater flow paths, and advectiondominated tra...

Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) is a modeling framework for fractured rocks. The core element the description of geological medium as network discrete fractures that can be either generated from statistical distributions or imported deterministic surfaces. It an alternative to continuum methods with both advantages easily integrating properties fracture networks, and not assuming any homogeniza...

Abstract Estimation of a reservoir’s production potential, well placement and field development depends largely on accurate modeling the existing fracture networks. However, there is always significant uncertainty associated with prediction spatial location connectivity networks due to lack sufficient data model them. Therefore, stochastic characterization these fractured reservoirs becomes nec...