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Modeling Three-Dimensional Fluid-Driven Propagation of Multiple Fractures using TOUGH-FEMM

verfasst von: Xuhai Tang, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Nithin Manohar Rayudu

Erschienen in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | Ausgabe 2/2019

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In this paper, a new numerical simulation tool named TOUGH-FEMM is presented and applied to model three-dimensional (3D) hydraulic fracturing in porous rock. The fluid flow in both fractures and porous rock is modeled using TOUGH2, which is a well-established code for analysis of multiphase and multi-component fluid flow. Rock deformations associated with fracture propagation are modeled using finite element-meshfree method (FEMM). FEMM is an approach to simulate fracture propagation without remeshing, in which the fracture path does not need to be predetermined. Fracture mechanics with mixed-mode stress intensity factors are employed to detect fracture instability and determine the direction of fracture propagation. TOUGH-FEMM is verified for modeling fluid-driven fracture propagation in 3D through a number of simulation examples, including modeling of hydraulic fracturing laboratory experiments and by comparison to independent numerical simulation results for multiple interacting hydraulic fractures at ten to hundred meter scale.

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Titel: Modeling Three-Dimensional Fluid-Driven Propagation of Multiple Fractures using TOUGH-FEMM
verfasst von: Xuhai Tang
Jonny Rutqvist
Mengsu Hu
Nithin Manohar Rayudu
Publikationsdatum: 02.01.2019
Verlag: Springer Vienna
Erschienen in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0723-2632
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-453X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-018-1715-7

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