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The report presents a description and a demonstration of a functioning three-dimensional fracture network generator that can simulate realistic cleat network geometry. The description includes the basis of the generator, the input parameters and the output data set. A demonstration of the quality of the code is based on a comparison of the synthetic fracture to the experimentally measured void space geometry of an individual fracture from a fracture network in a coal core. The three-dimensional fracture network geometry generated by this code forms the basis of a three-dimensional percolation theory flow similar for analyzing absolute permeability, relative permeability, and the capillary pressure-saturation relationship with respect to fracture network geometry.
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| Authors: |
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J.;
Lumsdaine, A.
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| Publication Date: | 1997 May 01 |
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| OSTI Identifier: | 502697 |
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| Report Number(s): | PB--97-168199/XAB |
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| Resource Type: | Technical Report |
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| Resource Relation: | DN: Color illustrations reproduced in black and white; PBD: May 1997 |
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| Research Org: | Notre Dame Univ., IN (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences |
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| Country of Publication: | United States |
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| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Size: 23 p. |
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| Other Number(s): | Other: CNN: Contract GRI-5095-260-3532; TRN: 71741336 |
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| Subject: | 03 NATURAL GAS ;99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; COAL SEAMS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; PROGRESS REPORT |
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| Availability: | NTIS |
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| Update Date: | 2008 Dec 01 |
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