A Novel Numerical Model for Fluid Flow in 3D Fractured Porous Media Based on an Equivalent Matrix-Fracture Network

An original 3D numerical approach for fluid flow in fractured porous media is proposed. The whole research domain is discretized by the Delaunay tetrahedron based on the concept of node saturation. Tetrahedral blocks are impermeable, and fluid only flows through the interconnected interfaces between...

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Main Authors: Chi Yao, Chen He, Jianhua Yang, Qinghui Jiang, Jinsong Huang, Chuangbing Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9736729