A coupled fluid-solid model for problems in geomechanics: Application to sand production

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 997-1018

  Boutt, D F ^a   Cook, B K ^b   Williams, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete element model; Fluid solid mechanics; Porous media flow; Sand production

Indexed keywords

CO-PRODUCTION; COMMON PROBLEMS; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION; COUPLED FLUID-SOLID MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLING METHODS; DISCRETE-ELEMENT MODEL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID-SOLID MECHANICS; FORMATION STABILITY; GEOMECHANICS; HIGH CONFINING PRESSURE; INTERPARTICLE CONTACTS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MULTIPLE PARTICLES; OIL AND GAS WELL; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS MEDIA FLOW; SAND PRODUCTION; SOLID DEFORMATION; SOLID GRAINS; SOLID-PHASE; TEMPORAL SCALE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

DEFORMATION; FLUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DRAWDOWN; FLOW MODELING; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMECHANICS; MICROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79958793680     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.938     Document Type: Article

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