Status of the TOUGH-FLAC simulator and recent applications related to coupled fluid flow and crustal deformations

J Rutqvist - Computers & geosciences, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents recent advancement in and applications of TOUGH-FLAC, a simulator
for multiphase fluid flow and geomechanics. The TOUGH-FLAC simulator links the TOUGH …

Numerical modelling of gas outburst from coal: a review from control parameters to the initiation process

F Soleimani, G Si, H Roshan, J Zhang - International Journal of Coal …, 2023 - Springer
Among all methods for investigating the complex phenomenon of the coal and gas outburst,
numerical modelling is the most comprehensive one that can consider all involved …

Coupled multiphase flow and poromechanics: A computational model of pore pressure effects on fault slip and earthquake triggering

B Jha, R Juanes - Water Resources Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The coupling between subsurface flow and geomechanical deformation is critical in the
assessment of the environmental impacts of groundwater use, underground liquid waste …

Stability and convergence of sequential methods for coupled flow and geomechanics: Fixed-stress and fixed-strain splits

J Kim, HA Tchelepi, R Juanes - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2011 - Elsevier
We analyze stability and convergence of sequential implicit methods for coupled flow and
geomechanics, in which the flow problem is solved first. We employ the von Neumann and …

The role of hydromechanical coupling in fractured rock engineering

J Rutqvist, O Stephansson - Hydrogeology Journal, 2003 - Springer
This paper provides a review of hydromechanical (HM) couplings in fractured rock, with
special emphasis on HM interactions as a result of, or directly connected with human …

Stability, accuracy, and efficiency of sequential methods for coupled flow and geomechanics

J Kim, HA Tchelepi, R Juanes - SPE Journal, 2011 - onepetro.org
We perform detailed stability and convergence analyses of sequential-implicit solution
methods for coupled fluid flow and reservoir geomechanics. We analyze four different …

A comparison of techniques for coupling porous flow and geomechanics

RH Dean, X Gai, CM Stone, SE Minkoff - Spe Journal, 2006 - onepetro.org
This paper compares three techniques for coupling multiphase porous flow and
geomechanics. Sample simulations are presented to highlight the similarities and …

Coupled fluid flow and geomechanical deformation modeling

SE Minkoff, CM Stone, S Bryant, M Peszynska… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2003 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of reservoir production in structurally weak geologic areas requires both
mechanical deformation and fluid flow modeling. Loose staggered-in-time coupling of two …

Stability and convergence of sequential methods for coupled flow and geomechanics: Drained and undrained splits

J Kim, HA Tchelepi, R Juanes - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2011 - Elsevier
We perform a stability and convergence analysis of sequential methods for coupled flow and
geomechanics, in which the mechanics sub-problem is solved first. We consider slow …

Thermal recovery of coalbed methane: Modeling of heat and mass transfer in wellbores

B Nie, S Sun - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs have the characteristics of low porosity, low
permeability, strong heterogeneity and high content of adsorbed gas. A large number of …