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Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Mecca, KSAEnergy Resources & Petroleum Engineering
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Program
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2022-07-19Permanent link to this record
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This paper introduces a comprehensive C++ software package, HATCHFRAC, for stochastic modeling of fracture networks in two and three dimensions. The inverse cumulative distribution function (CDF) and acceptance–rejection methods are applied to generate random variables from the stochastic distributions commonly used in discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling. The multilayer perceptron (MLP) machine learning approach, combined with the inverse CDF method, generates random variables following any sampling distribution. We extend the Newman–Ziff algorithm to determine clusters in the fracture networks and make the code faster. When combined with the block method, the coding efficiency is further enhanced. The software generates the T-type fracture intersections in the network by simulating a fracture growth process, which can be used in applications involving fracture growth or incorporating geomechanics. Three applications of HATCHFRAC are introduced to demonstrate the versatility of our software: percolation analysis, fracture intensity analysis, and flow and connectivity analysis.Citation
Zhu, W., Khirevich, S., & Patzek, T. W. (2022). HatchFrac: A fast open-source DFN modeling software. Computers and Geotechnics, 150, 104917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.104917Sponsors
This project was supported by the baseline research funding from KAUST, Saudi Arabia to Prof. Tadeusz W. Patzek.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Computers and GeotechnicsAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0266352X22002580ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.104917
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