Modelling DC responses of 3D complex fracture networks
Abstract
Determination of the geometrical properties of fractures plays a critical role in many engineering problems to assess the current hydrological and mechanical states of geological media and to predict their future states. Furthermore, numerical modelling of geoelectrical responses in realistic fractured media has been challenging due to the explosive computational cost imposed by the explicit discretizations of fractures at multiple length scales, which often brings about a trade-off between computational efficiency and geological realism.
- Authors:
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1452664
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1465193
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-2316J; SAND-2018-6063J
Journal ID: ISSN 0956-540X; 661130
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Journal International
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 214; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0956-540X
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; Numerical approximations and analysis; Electrical properties; DC resistivity modeling; Fracture networks; Azimuthal resistivity surveys; electrical properties; fracture and flow; numerical approximations and analysis
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Beskardes, Gungor Didem, and Weiss, Chester Joseph. Modelling DC responses of 3D complex fracture networks. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1093/gji/ggy234.
Beskardes, Gungor Didem, & Weiss, Chester Joseph. Modelling DC responses of 3D complex fracture networks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy234
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title = {Modelling DC responses of 3D complex fracture networks},
author = {Beskardes, Gungor Didem and Weiss, Chester Joseph},
abstractNote = {Determination of the geometrical properties of fractures plays a critical role in many engineering problems to assess the current hydrological and mechanical states of geological media and to predict their future states. Furthermore, numerical modelling of geoelectrical responses in realistic fractured media has been challenging due to the explosive computational cost imposed by the explicit discretizations of fractures at multiple length scales, which often brings about a trade-off between computational efficiency and geological realism.},
doi = {10.1093/gji/ggy234},
journal = {Geophysical Journal International},
number = 3,
volume = 214,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {6}
}
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Figure 1: Convergence of the Jacobi-preconditioned conjugate gradient linear solver (Weiss, 2001) for discretization of the fracture models consisted of 100 fractures following power-law fracture length distribution, described in Section 4.2.1. The results show the elapsed times for a target residual norm 1 x 10-12.
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