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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Modeling the effects of natural fractures on the permeability of reservoir rocks /

Fabbri, Heber Agnelo Antonel January 2019 (has links)
Orientador: Osvaldo Luís Manzoli / Abstract: This work presents a numerical method based on Discrete Fracture Model (DFM) and the Finite Element Method (FEM), where the fractures are approximated by a reduced model. The flow along and across the fracture is described by a simplified set of equations considering both conductive fractures and barriers. The coupled hydromechanical model is composed of a linear poroelastic Biot medium and a nonlinear model based on damage mechanics for the fractures, which captures the nonlinear normal deformation and shear dilation according to the Barton-Bandis model. Both flow and geomechanical models are approximated using the finite element model. Fractures are explicitly represented by three-node standard finite elements with high aspect ratio (i.e. ratio between the largest and the smallest element dimensions) and appropriate constitutive laws. These interface high aspect ratio elements represent a regularization method which continuously approximate the discontinuous pressure and displacement fields on a narrow material band around the fracture. The complete mathematical formulation is presented together with the algorithm suggested for its numerical implementation. The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated through numerical examples, as well as the effects of fractures in the hydraulic properties of porous rocks and its dependency of the stress state. / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta um método numérico baseado no Modelo de Fratura Discreta (MFD) e no Método dos Elementos Finitos (MEF), onde as fraturas são aproximadas por um modelo reduzido. O fluxo ao longo e através da fratura é descrito por um conjunto simplificado de equações, considerando tanto fraturas condutoras quanto barreiras. O modelo hidromecânico acoplado é composto por um meio poroelástico linear e um modelo não linear para fraturas, baseado na mecânica do dano e que captura a deformação normal não linear e a dilatância ao cisalhamento de acordo com o modelo de Barton-Bandis. Os modelos de fluxo e geomecânico são aproximados usando o método dos elementos finitos. As fraturas são explicitamente representadas por elementos finitos triangulares de três nós com elevada razão de aspecto (isto é, a razão entre a maior e a menor dimensão do elemento) e leis constitutivas apropriadas. Esses elementos de elevada razão de aspecto representam um método de regularização que aproxima de forma contínua os campos de pressão e deslocamento descontínuos em uma estreita faixa material ao redor da fratura. A formulação matemática completa é apresentada juntamente com o algoritmo sugerido para sua implementação numérica. A eficiência do método proposto é demonstrada através de exemplos numéricos, bem como os efeitos de fraturas nas propriedades hidráulicas de rochas porosas e sua dependência do estado de tensão. / Mestre
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Modelagem em elementos finitos do fechamento de fraturas hidráulicas por despressurização através do modelo de Barton-Bandis considerando a inclusão de propante

SILVA, Tarcísio Augusto da 31 July 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Pedro Barros (pedro.silvabarros@ufpe.br) on 2018-08-28T21:21:02Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Tarcisio Augusto da Silva.pdf: 3259202 bytes, checksum: 1388511178e9383528116b5b028ba7f9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Alice Araujo (alice.caraujo@ufpe.br) on 2018-09-06T22:35:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Tarcisio Augusto da Silva.pdf: 3259202 bytes, checksum: 1388511178e9383528116b5b028ba7f9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-06T22:35:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO Tarcisio Augusto da Silva.pdf: 3259202 bytes, checksum: 1388511178e9383528116b5b028ba7f9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-31 / O fechamento de fraturas, devido a depleção, nos reservatórios naturalmente fraturados sensíveis ao estado de tensões pode promover uma redução significativa da permeabilidade da formação geológica. Compreender as características hidráulicas da rede de fraturas como função das tensões atuantes é fundamental para a concepção do plano de desenvolvimento do reservatório. Na presente dissertação foi proposto um modelo de fechamento de fraturas durante a produção de fluidos em reservatórios, pós-fraturamento hidráulico, utilizando para isso, uma modificação do modelo constitutivo de Barton-Bandis, objetivando simular o efeito do propante tanto na produção de fluidos como nas tensões atuantes na formação. Este modelo é capaz de reproduzir, adequadamente, o comportamento do fechamento de fraturas submetidas a uma tensão normal compressiva. É um modelo hiperbólico de fechamento com uma rigidez inicial, que converge assintoticamente para o fechamento máximo da fratura. Considera-se também a existência de um propante com diâmetro e rigidez especificado, de modo a dificultar o fechamento da fratura hidráulica, alterando desta forma o estado de tensões na região adjacente a fratura, neste sentido, a implementação em um programa de elementos finitos do modelo Barton-Bandis com propante simula um comportamento que permite um melhor entendimento do fenômeno de fraturamento hidráulico em formações rochosas bem como um aumento de produtividade em poços de petróleo decorrente do aumento da permeabilidade na fratura com propante. / The closure of fractures, due to depletion, in the naturally fractured reservoirs sensitive to the stress state can promote a significant reduction of the permeability of the geological formation. Understanding the hydraulic characteristics of the fracture network as a function of the operating voltages is fundamental for the design of the reservoir development plane. In this dissertation, a model of fracture closure was proposed during the production of fluids in reservoirs, post-hydraulic billing, using a modification of the constitutive model of Barton-Bandis, aiming to simulate the effect of the proppant in both fluid production and Stresses in training. This model is able to adequately reproduce the behavior of the closure of fractures subjected to a normal compressive stress. It is a hyperbolic closure model with initial rigidity, which converges asymptotically to maximum fracture closure. It is also considered the existence of a proppant with specified diameter and rigidity, in order to make it difficult to close the hydraulic fracture, thus altering the state of tensions in the region adjacent to the fracture, in this sense, the implementation in a finite element program of the Model Barton-Bandis simulates a behavior that allows a better understanding of the phenomenon of hydraulic fracturing in rock formations as well as an increase in productivity in oil wells due to the increase of permeability in proppant fracture.
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Three Dimensional Numerical Modelling Of Discontinuous Rocks By Using Distinct Element Method

Kocal, Arman 01 September 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Shear strength characterization of discontinuities is an important concept for slope design in discontinuous rocks. This study presents the development of a methodology for implementing Barton-Bandis empirical shear strength failure criterion in three dimensional distinct element code, 3DEC, and verification of this methodology. Normal and shear deformation characteristics of discontinuities and their relations to the discontinuity surface characteristics have been reviewed in detail. First, a C++ dynamic link library (DLL) file was coded and embedded into 3DEC for modelling the Barton-Bandis shear strength criterion. Then, a numerically developed direct shear test model was used to verify the normal and shear deformation behaviour with respect to empirical results of the Barton-Bandis shear strength criterion. A three dimensional simple discontinuous rock slope was modelled in 3DEC based on Barton-Bandis shear strength criterion. The slope model was first utilized by Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. Then, with the use of the new model developed here, the effects of the discontinuity surface properties on shear strength were introduced to the slope problem. Applicability of the developed model was verified by three large scale real case studies from different open pit lignite mines of Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKi), namely Bursa Lignites Establishment (BLi) &ndash / 2 cases and &Ccedil / an Lignite Establishment (&Ccedil / Li). The results with the new model option, which allows users to use important discontinuity surface properties like joint roughness coefficient and joint wall compressive strength, compared well with results of previous studies using Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion.
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Charakterisierung des hydromechanischen Verhaltens der Gesteine des Mittleren Buntsandsteins im Hinblick auf eine geothermische Nutzung: Strukturgeologische Geländeaufnahmen, gesteinsmechanische Untersuchungen und numerische Modellierungen / Characterisation of hydro-mechanical processes in the Middle Buntsandstein formation with regard to the utilisation of geothermal energy: Field studies, geomechanical measurements and numerical modelling

Müller, Christian 21 July 2009 (has links)
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