A new approach to simulating flow in discrete fracture networks with an optimized mesh

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1439-1459

  Mustapha, Hussein ^a   Mustapha, Kassem ^b  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Darcy flow; Fractured medium; Mixed hybrid finite element method; Projection method; Stochastic discrete fracture network

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MESH GENERATION; MESH NETWORKING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DARCY'S FLOW; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED MEDIA; MIXED HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; NEW APPROACHES; PROJECTION METHOD; SIMULATING FLOWS; STOCHASTIC DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; STOCHASTICS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 48249117126     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060653482     Document Type: Article

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