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The coupling of an enhanced pseudo-3D model for hydraulic fracturing with a proppant transport model. / Skopintsev, A. M.; Dontsov, E. V.; Kovtunenko, P. V. et al.
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T1 - The coupling of an enhanced pseudo-3D model for hydraulic fracturing with a proppant transport model
AU - Skopintsev, A. M.
AU - Dontsov, E. V.
AU - Kovtunenko, P. V.
AU - Baykin, A. N.
AU - Golovin, S. V.
N1 - We would like to acknowledge support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the Grant No. 14.W03.31.0002.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - This paper presents the coupled model of a hydraulic fracturing and proppant transport. The former is described in terms of enhanced pseudo-3D model that considers height growth across two symmetric stress barriers, while the latter is given by two-dimensional transport model, stemming from the solution of an elliptical equation for fluid pressure and advection equation for the proppant transport. These two sub-modules are solved numerically using implicit time integration in the hydraulic part and explicit time stepping in the transport part. In addition, interpolation is used to couple the two models with different grids. Results of several numerical simulations are presented for different configurations to demonstrate the interplay between these two modules. In particular, the developed coupled scheme allows us to study phenomena associated with complex fluid flow within the fracture, such as for the case of Saffman-Taylor instability.
AB - This paper presents the coupled model of a hydraulic fracturing and proppant transport. The former is described in terms of enhanced pseudo-3D model that considers height growth across two symmetric stress barriers, while the latter is given by two-dimensional transport model, stemming from the solution of an elliptical equation for fluid pressure and advection equation for the proppant transport. These two sub-modules are solved numerically using implicit time integration in the hydraulic part and explicit time stepping in the transport part. In addition, interpolation is used to couple the two models with different grids. Results of several numerical simulations are presented for different configurations to demonstrate the interplay between these two modules. In particular, the developed coupled scheme allows us to study phenomena associated with complex fluid flow within the fracture, such as for the case of Saffman-Taylor instability.
KW - Hydraulic fracture
KW - Leak-off
KW - Proppant transport
KW - Saffman-Taylor instability
KW - ELASTICITY
KW - MECHANICS
KW - GROWTH
KW - PROPAGATION
KW - SLURRY FLOW
KW - SCHEMES
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UR - https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=45451577
U2 - 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2020.107177
DO - 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2020.107177
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088090077
VL - 236
JO - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
JF - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
SN - 0013-7944
M1 - 107177
ER -
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