A complete formulation of an indirect boundary element method for poroelastic rocks |
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| Institution: | 1. Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, University of Bristol, University Walk, BS8 1TR, Bristol, United Kingdom;2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy;1. LaMIPI, Higher School of Technical Education of Rabat (ENSET), Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kind Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;3. MMC, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, BP 416 Tangier, Morocco;1. High Speed Aerodynamics Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang, 621000, People''s Republic of China;2. Computational Aerodynamics Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang, 621000, People''s Republic of China;3. College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, People''s Republic of China;1. School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 10-203 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Rocks are naturally filled with cracks and pores that are saturated with one or more fluid phases. Many problems in rock mechanics, petroleum engineering, geophysics, etc. deal with cracks and discontinuities in rock formations. These problems should consider effects of a porous medium. Displacement discontinuity method (DDM) as an indirect boundary element method is particularly ideal for problems involving fractures and discontinuities. However, the DDM in its original form is limited to elastic problems. The paper uses a fundamental solution of a point displacement discontinuity in poroelastic medium to obtain the solution for a poroelastic DDM. Then it introduces a numerical formulation and implementation for the poroelastic DDM in a code named CEP-DDM (Constant Element Poroelastic DDM). The accuracy and validity of the proposed solution and the newly developed code are verified by two analytical solutions, another numerical solution, and some field measurements. These results showed good agreement between CEP-DDM and other methods’ results. The verifications prove the accuracy and applicability of the proposed numerical model in a wide range of real-world problems. |
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| Keywords: | Fundamental solutions Influence functions Poroelastic rock Displacement discontinuity method |
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