Multiscale simulations for upscaled multi-continuum flows

DOI10.1016/J.CAM.2020.112782MaRDI QIDQ2306409zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jun Sur Richard Park, Siu Wun Cheung, Tina Mai, Viet Ha Hoang

Publication date 23 March 2020

Published in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.04722

generalized multiscale finite element method multi-continuum upscaling

Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure (35B27) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05)

Abstract: We consider in this paper a challenging problem of simulating fluid flows, in complex multiscale media possessing multi-continuum background. As an effort to handle this obstacle, model reduction is employed. In cite{rh2}, homogenization was nicely applied, to find effective coefficients and homogenized equations (for fluid flow pressures) of a dual-continuum system, with new convection terms and negative interaction coefficients. However, some degree of multiscale still remains. This motivates us to propose the generalized multiscale finite element method (GMsFEM), which is coupled with the dual-continuum homogenized equations, toward speeding up the simulation, improving the accuracy as well as clearly representing the interactions between the dual continua. In our paper, globally, each continuum is viewed as a system and connected to the other throughout the domain. We take into consideration the flow transfers between the dual continua and within each continuum itself. Such multiscale flow dynamics are modeled by the GMsFEM, which systematically generates either uncoupled or coupled multiscale basis (to carry the local characteristics to the global ones), via establishing local snapshots and spectral decomposition in the snapshot space. As a result, we will work with a system of two equations coupled with some interaction terms, and each equation describes one of the dual continua on the fine grid. Convergence analysis of the proposed GMsFEM is accompanied with the numerical results, which support the favorable outcomes.

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Complex fluid flow simulations in porous medium are based on the concept of dual continua, or more generally, multi-continua. In such heterogeneous media, the simulation of flow is challenging, due to complex multiscale media possessing multi-continuum background. To overcome the limits of homogenization techniques, the authors follow the generalized multiscale finite element method (GMsFEM) strategy coupled with the dual-continuum homogenized equations. A dual-continuum GMsFEM is proposed to effectively solve a homogenized system of two equations (for fluid flow pressures), which are coupled via some interaction terms, taking into account the flow transports within each continuum and between the dual continua. Each continuum is assumed to be globally a system, which is connected to the other throughout the domain and the form of coupling. For this a dual-continuum system, the multiscale flow is simulated by the GMsFEM, whereas multiscale basis functions are constructed for the dual-continuum equations, separately for each equation (uncoupled GMsFEM), or jointly for the system (coupled GMsFEM). The convergence analysis is presented for the uncoupled and coupled multiscale basis of the GMsFEM. For each case, the reference weak solution is compared with the coarse-grid multiscale solution. The numerical solutions are obtained with both uncoupled and coupled multiscale basis functions, combining the GMsFEM with the multi-continuum approach. The numerical results show that the combination of the GMsFEM and dual-continuum approach produce solutions with high efficiency and accuracy.

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