Phase-field modeling of proppant-filled fractures in a poroelastic medium . Lee, S., Mikelić, A., Wheeler, M. F., & Wick, T. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering , 312:509 - 541, 2016. Phase Field Approaches to Fracture
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In this paper we present a phase field model for proppant-filled fractures in a poroelastic medium. The formulation of the coupled system involves four unknowns: displacements, phase field, pressure, and proppant concentration. The two-field displacement phase-field system is solved fully-coupled and accounts for crack irreversibility. This solution is then coupled to the pressure equation via a fixed-stress iteration. The pressure is obtained by using a diffraction equation where the phase-field variable serves as an indicator function that distinguishes between the fracture and the reservoir. The transport of the proppant in the fracture is modeled by using a power-law fluid system. The numerical discretization in space is based on Galerkin finite elements for displacements and phase-field, and an enriched Galerkin method is applied for the pressure equation in order to obtain local mass conservation. The concentration is solved with cell-centered finite elements. Nonlinear equations are treated with Newton’s method. Our developments are substantiated with several numerical examples in two and three dimensions.
@article{LeeMikWheWick2016_Prop,
author = "Sanghyun Lee and Andro Mikeli{\'c}  and Mary F. Wheeler and Thomas Wick",
title = "Phase-field modeling of proppant-filled fractures in a poroelastic medium ",
journal = "Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering ",
volume = "312",
number = "",
pages = "509 - 541",
year = "2016",
note = "Phase Field Approaches to Fracture ",
issn = "0045-7825",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.02.008",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782516300305",
keywords = {Phase-field fracture, Hydraulic fracturing, Proppant transport,Locally conservative,
            Quasi-Newtonian flow, Porous media},
abstract={In this paper we present a phase field model for proppant-filled fractures in a poroelastic medium. The formulation of the coupled system involves four unknowns: displacements, phase field, pressure, and proppant concentration. The two-field displacement phase-field system is solved fully-coupled and accounts for crack irreversibility. This solution is then coupled to the pressure equation via a fixed-stress iteration. The pressure is obtained by using a diffraction equation where the phase-field variable serves as an indicator function that distinguishes between the fracture and the reservoir. The transport of the proppant in the fracture is modeled by using a power-law fluid system. The numerical discretization in space is based on Galerkin finite elements for displacements and phase-field, and an enriched Galerkin method is applied for the pressure equation in order to obtain local mass conservation. The concentration is solved with cell-centered finite elements. Nonlinear equations are treated with Newton’s method. Our developments are substantiated with several numerical examples in two and three dimensions.}
}

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