Status of the TOUGH-FLAC simulator and recent applications related to coupled fluid flow and crustal deformations

J Rutqvist - Computers & geosciences, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents recent advancement in and applications of TOUGH-FLAC, a simulator
for multiphase fluid flow and geomechanics. The TOUGH-FLAC simulator links the TOUGH …

Fractured rock stress–permeability relationships from in situ data and effects of temperature and chemical–mechanical couplings

J Rutqvist - Crustal Permeability, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews field data on stress‐induced permeability changes in fractured rock;
describes the estimation of fractured rock stress‐permeability relationships through model …

OpenGeoSys: an open-source initiative for numerical simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanical/chemical (THM/C) processes in porous media

O Kolditz, S Bauer, L Bilke, N Böttcher, JO Delfs… - Environmental Earth …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper we describe the OpenGeoSys (OGS) project, which is a scientific open-source
initiative for numerical simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical processes in porous …

A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of fracture aperture alteration and reservoir deformation during heat extraction from a geothermal reservoir

SN Pandey, A Chaudhuri, S Kelkar - Geothermics, 2017 - Elsevier
Hot water extraction and cold water injection into an underground geothermal reservoir
cause mechanical deformation of rock matrix and rock joints/fractures. That leads to …

Exploring the concept of compressed air energy storage (CAES) in lined rock caverns at shallow depth: a modeling study of air tightness and energy balance

HM Kim, J Rutqvist, DW Ryu, BH Choi, C Sunwoo… - Applied Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical modeling study of coupled thermodynamic, multiphase fluid
flow and heat transport associated with underground compressed air energy storage …

Thermal management associated with geologic disposal of large spent nuclear fuel canisters in tunnels with thermally engineered backfill

J Rutqvist - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical (THM) numerical modeling is conducted to study
thermal management associated with geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in large …

[HTML][HTML] Disposal of high-level radioactive waste in crystalline rock: On coupled processes and site development

L Zou, V Cvetkovic - Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Safe disposal of high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLW) is crucial for human health and
the environment, as well as for sustainable development. Deep geological disposal in …

Formulation and sequential numerical algorithms of coupled fluid/heat flow and geomechanics for multiple porosity materials

J Kim, EL Sonnenthal, J Rutqvist - International Journal for …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We extend constitutive relations of coupled flow and geomechanics for the isothermal elastic
double porosity model by Berryman [Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE 2002; 128 (8) …

Physics-informed neural network solution of thermo–hydro–mechanical processes in porous media

D Amini, E Haghighat, R Juanes - Journal of Engineering …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have received increased interest for forward,
inverse, and surrogate modeling of problems described by partial differential equations …

FDEM‐TH3D: a three‐dimensional coupled hydrothermal model for fractured rock

C Yan, YY Jiao - … Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a three‐dimensional coupled hydrothermal model for fractured rock
based on the finite‐discrete element method to simulate fluid flow and heat transport. The …