3D coupled displacement discontinuity and finite element analysis of reservoir behavior during production in semi-infinite domain

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-441

  Yin, Shunde ^a   Rothenburg, Leo ^a   Dusseault, Maurice B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Displacement discontinuity method; Finite element method; Poroelasticity; Reservoir simulation; Semi infinite domain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; OIL RESERVOIR; POROELASTICITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SEMI-INFINITE DOMAIN;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCONTINUITY; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROELASTICITY;

EID: 33751063371     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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