Upscaling of permeability field of fractured rock system: Numerical examples
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Bao, KaiSalama, Amgad

Sun, Shuyu

KAUST Department
Computational Transport Phenomena LabComputer Science Program
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Earth Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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When the permeability field of a given porous medium domain is heterogeneous by the existence of randomly distributed fractures such that numerical investigation becomes cumbersome, another level of upscaling may be required. That is such complex permeability field could be relaxed (i.e., smoothed) by constructing an effective permeability field. The effective permeability field is an approximation to the real permeability field that preserves certain quantities and provides an overall acceptable description of the flow field. In this work, the effective permeability for a fractured rock system is obtained for different coarsening scenarios starting from very coarse mesh all the way towards the fine mesh simulation. In all these scenarios, the effective permeability as well as the pressure at each cell is obtained. The total flux at the exit boundary is calculated in all these cases, and very good agreement is obtained.Citation
Bao K, Salama A, Sun S (2012) Upscaling of Permeability Field of Fractured Rock System: Numerical Examples. Journal of Applied Mathematics 2012: 1-20. doi:10.1155/2012/546203.Publisher
Hindawi LimitedJournal
Journal of Applied Mathematicsae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1155/2012/546203
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