Constrained energy minimization based upscaling for coupled flow and mechanics

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DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2018.09.054zbMATH Open1416.76163arXiv1805.09382OpenAlexW2803704809MaRDI QIDQ2311482FDOQ2311482


Authors: Maria Vasilyeva, Eric T. Chung, Jihoon Kim, Y. Efendiev Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 10 July 2019

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, our aim is to present (1) an embedded fracture model (EFM) for coupled flow and mechanics problem based on the dual continuum approach on the fine grid and (2) an upscaled model for the resulting fine grid equations. The mathematical model is described by the coupled system of equation for displacement, fracture and matrix pressures. For a fine grid approximation, we use the finite volume method for flow problem and finite element method for mechanics. Due to the complexity of fractures, solutions have a variety of scales, and fine grid approximation results in a large discrete system. Our second focus in on constructing the upscaled coarse grid poroelasticity model for fractured media. Our upscaled approach is based on the nonlocal multicontinuum (NLMC) upscaling for coupled flow and mechanics problem, which involves computations of local basis functions via an energy minimization principle. This concept allows a systematic upscaling for processes in the fractured porous media, and provides an effective coarse scale model whose degrees of freedoms have physical meaning. We obtain a fast and accurate solver for the poroelasticity problem on a coarse grid and, at the same time, derive a novel upscaled model. We present numerical results for the two dimensional model problem.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09382




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