Energy geotechnics: Advances in subsurface energy recovery, storage, exchange, and waste management

JS McCartney, M Sánchez, I Tomac - Computers and Geotechnics, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy geotechnics involves the use of geotechnical principles to understand and engineer
the coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes encountered in collecting …

[HTML][HTML] A parallel GPU-based computational framework for the micromechanical analysis of geotechnical and erosion problems

Z Benseghier, P Cuéllar, LH Luu, S Bonelli… - Computers and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article deals with the relevance and practical feasibility of micromechanical simulations
for their application to general geomechanical problems involving fluid-saturated granular …

Coupling irregular particles and fluid: Complex dynamics of granular flows

X Zhang, P Tahmasebi - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
Granular materials are often encountered in nature, but the effect of their morphological
properties is poorly understood when they are accompanied by fluid. This set of complexity …

Numerical simulation of proppant distribution in hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells

G Zhang, M Li, M Gutierrez - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the placement of injected proppants affects fracture conductivity and fractured well
productivity, it is of significant importance for fracturing design to accurately predict proppant …

Experimental investigation of sand proppant particles flow and transport regimes through narrow slots

D Fjaestad, I Tomac - Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper shows results and analysis of experimental investigation for coarse, medium and
fine sand flow and transport into narrow slots. The presented research is conducted within a …

Coupled DEM-SPH simulations of wet continuous screening

D Markauskas, H Kruggel-Emden - Advanced Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
During screening, a liquid stream, besides the vibration, can be applied for the acceleration
of the separation. The discrete element method coupled with the smoothed particle …

Simulation of the transport and placement of multi-sized proppant in hydraulic fractures using a coupled CFD-DEM approach

G Zhang, M Li, M Gutierrez - Advanced Powder Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The productivity of fractured wells is mainly governed by propped fractures, so it is of
significant importance to find out where the injected proppants go during hydraulic fracturing …

Numerical modelling of backward front propagation in pi** erosion by DEM-LBM coupling

DK Tran, N Prime, F Froiio, C Callari… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
A granular soil REV located on the upstream side of the erosion pipe front is modelled
numerically, at the grain scale, by coupling the Discrete Element Method (DEM) with the …

Particle clustering dynamics in dense-phase particle-fluid slurries

BD Yamashiro, I Tomac - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates clustering mechanisms during flow and transport of dense-phase
particle–fluid slurry, evaluating the slurry's complex internal composition effects on particle …

Proppant settlement and long-term conductivity calculation in complex fractures

X Wang, X Zhang, M Zhang, Q Zhang, P Dong… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The current research on fracture conductivity ignores the placement of the proppant in
fractures and relies on single-fracture conductivity testing and calculation, which cannot …