This paper presents a new, fully-coupled, hydro-mechanical (HM) formulation for a finite-
discrete element method computer code. In the newly-developed, hydraulic solver, fluid flow …

Hydraulic fracturing (HF) technique has been extensively used for the exploitation of
unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. HF enhances the connectivity of less permeable oil …

Hydraulic fracturing is known to be one of the most effective stimulation techniques to
enhance reservoir permeability. A hydraulic fracture (HF) fluid injection's efficiency largely …

This study introduces the three-dimensional combined finite-discrete element method (3D
FDEM) to perform cracking analysis of segmental linings under extreme conditions …

This paper presents a combined laboratory and numerical investigation on the injection-
induced permeability changes in pre-existing fractures. The analyses conducted were …

This study presents a thermo-hydro-mechanical framework to model hydrothermal systems
within a simplified faulted synthetic reservoir, replicating current production scenarios in The …

This paper reports on a numerical study that was conducted to investigate near–wellbore
behaviour of Hydraulic Fracture (HF) growth using a Finite–Discrete Element Modelling …

This study presents a fully coupled hydro-mechanical framework for modeling hydraulic
shearing in a mesoscale reservoir located at the Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland. The …

This paper contributes a scheme for two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulation of hydraulic
fracturing processes in geological materials, which consists of a numerical coupling …

This paper uses the displacement discontinuity method, one of the boundary element
methods, to solve two major engineering problems. The first one addresses the safe design …