Stability and convergence of sequential methods for coupled flow and geomechanics: Fixed-stress and fixed-strain splits

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 13-16, 2011, Pages 1591-1606

  Kim, J ^a,c   Tchelepi, H A ^a   Juanes, R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

B stability; Convergence; Geomechanics; Operator splitting; Poromechanics; Von Neumann method

Indexed keywords

B-STABILITY; CONVERGENCE; GEOMECHANICS; OPERATOR-SPLITTING; PORO-MECHANICS; VON NEUMANN METHOD;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTIC MODULI; ESTIMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

STABILITY;

EID: 79954439397     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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