[HTML][HTML] Advances in hydraulic fracture propagation research in shale reservoirs

X Gong, X Ma, Y Liu, G Li - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The characterization of artificial fracture propagation law in the fracturing process of shale
reservoirs is the basis for evaluating the fracture conductivity and a key indicator of the …

IPACS: Integrated Phase-Field Advanced Crack Propagation Simulator. An adaptive, parallel, physics-based-discretization phase-field framework for fracture …

MF Wheeler, T Wick, S Lee - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we review and describe our computational framework for solving multiphysics
phase-field fracture problems in porous media. Therein, the following five coupled nonlinear …

[HTML][HTML] Phase field modeling scheme with mesostructure for crack propagation in concrete composite

X Li, Y Xu - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Tracking the crack propagation in concrete at the mesoscopic level is of great importance for
revealing the crack pattern and failure mechanism, due to the huge threat of cracking to …

Convergence analysis of single rate and multirate fixed stress split iterative coupling schemes in heterogeneous poroelastic media

T Almani, K Kumar, MF Wheeler - Numerical Methods for …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the accurate modeling of flow‐structure interactions has gained more attention
and importance for both petroleum and environmental engineering applications. Of …

Phase-field modeling of two phase fluid filled fractures in a poroelastic medium

S Lee, A Mikelic, MF Wheeler, T Wick - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2018 - SIAM
We propose an immiscible two phase flow fracture model, based on a phase-field for
treating crack propagation in porous media. This multifluid model is an extension of classical …

[HTML][HTML] pfm-cracks: A parallel-adaptive framework for phase-field fracture propagation

T Heister, T Wick - Software Impacts, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper describes the main features of our parallel-adaptive open-source framework for
solving phase-field fracture problems called pfm-cracks. Our program allows for dimension …

Optimal design of hydraulic fracturing in porous media using the phase field fracture model coupled with genetic algorithm

S Lee, B Min, MF Wheeler - Computational Geosciences, 2018 - Springer
We present a framework for the coupling of fluid-filled fracture propagation and a genetic
inverse algorithm for optimizing hydraulic fracturing scenarios in porous media. Fracture …

Modeling interactions of natural and two-phase fluid-filled fracture propagation in porous media

S Lee, MF Wheeler - Computational Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, a novel computational framework is introduced for simulation of multiphase
flow, geomechanics, and fracture propagation in porous media based on Biot's model for …

The effect of stress boundary conditions on fluid‐driven fracture propagation in porous media using a phase‐field modeling approach

S Shiozawa, S Lee, MF Wheeler - International Journal for …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A phase‐field approach for fluid‐driven fracture propagation in porous media with varying
constant compatible stress boundary conditions is discussed and implemented. Since crack …

Convergence of single rate and multirate undrained split iterative schemes for a fractured biot model

T Almani, K Kumar - Computational Geosciences, 2022 - Springer
This paper considers a coupled flow and mechanics problem in a fractured poro-elastic
medium. The fracture geometry is explicitly treated as a possibly non-planar interface. The …