The effect of stress boundary conditions on fluid-driven fracture propagation in porous media using a phase-field modeling approach. Shiozawa, S., Lee, S., & Wheeler, M. F. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 43(6):1316-1340, 2019.
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Summary A phase-field approach for fluid-driven fracture propagation in porous media with varying constant compatible stress boundary conditions is discussed and implemented. Since crack opening displacement, fracture path, and stress values near the fracture are highly dependent on the given boundary conditions, it is crucial to take into account the impact of in situ stresses on fracturing propagation for realistic applications. We illustrate several numerical examples that include the effects of different boundary conditions on the fracture propagation. In addition, an example using realistic boundary conditions from a reservoir simulator is included to show the capabilities of our computational framework.
@article{SogoLeeWheeler_2019,
author = {Shiozawa, Sogo and Lee, Sanghyun and Wheeler, Mary F.},
title = {The effect of stress boundary conditions on fluid-driven fracture propagation in porous media using a phase-field modeling approach},
journal = {International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics},
year = {2019},
volume = {43},
number = {6},
pages = {1316-1340},
keywords = {fluid-driven fracture, phase field, porous media, stress boundary conditions},
doi = {10.1002/nag.2899},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nag.2899},
eprint = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nag.2899},
abstract = {Summary A phase-field approach for fluid-driven fracture propagation in porous media with varying constant compatible stress boundary conditions is discussed and implemented. Since crack opening displacement, fracture path, and stress values near the fracture are highly dependent on the given boundary conditions, it is crucial to take into account the impact of in situ stresses on fracturing propagation for realistic applications. We illustrate several numerical examples that include the effects of different boundary conditions on the fracture propagation. In addition, an example using realistic boundary conditions from a reservoir simulator is included to show the capabilities of our computational framework.}
}

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