Multiscale fractures integrated equivalent porous media method for simulating flow and solute transport in fracture-matrix system

L Ma, D Gao, J Qian, D Han, K Xing, H Ma, Y Deng - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
The fracture–matrix system, in which water is stored and transported, has a significant
impact on the hydraulic behaviors of fractured geologic media (FGM). However, it is very …

Control-volume distributed multi-point flux approximation coupled with a lower-dimensional fracture model

R Ahmed, MG Edwards, S Lamine… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A cell-centered control-volume distributed multi-point flux approximation (CVD-MPFA) finite-
volume formulation is presented for discrete fracture-matrix simulations. The grid is aligned …

Three-dimensional control-volume distributed multi-point flux approximation coupled with a lower-dimensional surface fracture model

R Ahmed, MG Edwards, S Lamine… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel cell-centred control-volume distributed multi-point flux approximation (CVD-MPFA)
finite-volume formulation is presented for discrete fracture–matrix simulations on …

Modeling of transport processes through large-scale discrete fracture networks using conforming meshes and open-source software

TD Ngo, A Fourno, B Noetinger - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
Most industrial and field studies of transport processes in Discrete Fracture Networks (DFNs)
involve strong simplifying assumptions, especially at the meshing stage. High-accuracy …

FraC: A new conforming mesh method for discrete fracture networks

A Fourno, TD Ngo, B Noetinger… - Journal of Computational …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fracture Cut (FraC) approach to mesh three-dimensional (3D) Discrete
Fracture Networks (DFN) is presented. The considered DFNs consist of a network of planar …

A new estimation of equivalent matrix block sizes in fractured media with two-phase flow applications in dual porosity models

C Jerbi, A Fourno, B Noetinger, F Delay - Journal of hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
Single and multiphase flows in fractured porous media at the scale of natural reservoirs are
often handled by resorting to homogenized models that avoid the heavy computations …

Using fractured outcrops to calculate permeability tensors: implications for geothermal fluid flow and the influence of seismic-scale faults

RY Smith, M Lesueur, U Kelka, T Poulet… - Geological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Faulted and fractured systems form a critical component of fluid flow, especially within low-
permeable reservoirs. Therefore, developing suitable methodologies for acquiring structural …

Flow in double-porosity aquifers: Parameter estimation using an adaptive multiscale method

P Ackerer, N Trottier, F Delay - Advances in water resources, 2014 - Elsevier
The double porosity model (DPM) concept is a widely used approach to simulate flow in
fractured aquifers. Parameter estimation methods to calibrate standard groundwater flow …

[PDF][PDF] An optimal method to model transient flows in 3D discrete fracture network

N Khvoenkova, M Delorme - IAMG conference, 2011 - researchgate.net
In recent years modeling flows in fractured reservoirs received considerable attention from
hydrogeology and oil industry. However, studies, understandings, and effective technologies …

Inversion of a dual-continuum approach to flow in a karstified limestone: Insight into aquifer heterogeneity revealed by well-test interferences

N Trottier, F Delay, O Bildstein, P Ackerer - Journal of Hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Two large sets of interference testing data from a karstic aquifer (Hydrogeological
Experimental Site, HES–Poitiers–France) are inverted using a dual-continuum approach to …