Linear solvers for reservoir simulation problems: An overview and recent developments

S Nardean, M Ferronato, A Abushaikha - Archives of Computational …, 2022 - Springer
Linear solvers for reservoir simulation applications are the objective of this review.
Specifically, we focus on techniques for Fully Implicit (FI) solution methods, in which the set …

On the optimization of the fixed‐stress splitting for Biot's equations

E Storvik, JW Both, K Kumar… - International Journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we are interested in efficiently solving the quasi‐static, linear Biot model for
poroelasticity. We consider the fixed‐stress splitting scheme, which is a popular method for …

[HTML][HTML] Anderson accelerated fixed-stress splitting schemes for consolidation of unsaturated porous media

JW Both, K Kumar, JM Nordbotten, FA Radu - Computers & Mathematics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the robust linearization of nonlinear poromechanics of unsaturated
materials. The model of interest couples the Richards equation with linear elasticity …

A two-stage preconditioner for multiphase poromechanics in reservoir simulation

JA White, N Castelletto, S Klevtsov, QM Bui… - Computer Methods in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many applications involving porous media–notably reservoir engineering and geologic
applications–involve tight coupling between multiphase fluid flow, transport, and …

Phase-field modeling through iterative splitting of hydraulic fractures in a poroelastic medium

A Mikelić, MF Wheeler, T Wick - GEM-International Journal on …, 2019 - Springer
We study the propagation of hydraulic fractures using the fixed stress splitting method. The
phase field approach is applied and we study the mechanics step involving displacement …

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 …

Discrete fracture modeling approach for simulating coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical effects in fractured reservoirs

TT Garipov, MH Hui - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a new formulation for modeling the coupled flow, thermal, and mechanical
effects in real fractured subsurface formations. Natural fractures are represented explicitly as …

The correspondence between voigt and reuss bounds and the decoupling constraint in a two-grid staggered algorithm for consolidation in heterogeneous porous …

S Dana, J Ita, MF Wheeler - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2020 - SIAM
We establish a link between the decoupling constraint in a two-grid staggered solution
algorithm for consolidation in heterogeneous porous media and the concepts of Voigt and …

Multiscale two-stage solver for Biot's poroelasticity equations in subsurface media

N Castelletto, S Klevtsov, H Hajibeygi… - Computational …, 2019 - Springer
We propose a two-stage preconditioner for accelerating the iterative solution by a Krylov
subspace method of Biot's poroelasticity equations based on a displacement-pressure …

Performance studies of the fixed stress split algorithm for immiscible two-phase flow coupled with linear poromechanics

S Dana, M Jammoul, MF Wheeler - Computational Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
In this work, we measure the performance of the fixed stress split algorithm for the immiscible
water-oil flow coupled with linear poromechanics. The two-phase flow equations are solved …