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Chinese Journal of Engineering Mathematics ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 845-855.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-3085.2021.06.007

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Nonlinear Mixed Finite Element Method for Coupled Two-phase Flow and Geomechanics Problem in Porous Media

LIU Ziping1,   LI Junxiang1,   LIU Qi1,   MA Qiang2,   WEI Huayi3   

  1. 1. CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited, Chengdu 610051
    2. School of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
    3. School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105
  • Online:2021-12-15 Published:2022-02-15
  • Contact: Q. Ma. E-mail address: maqiang809@scu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (11801387; 11871413; 11971336; 11971337); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (YJ201811).

Abstract:

A fully coupled two-phase flow and geomechanics in a reservoir system is considered. The governing equation is derived in terms of the saturation, pressure, velocity for the flow and displacement for the structure. A nonlinear computational scheme is constructed by incorporating the mixed finite element with the conforming element, and the corresponding finite element procedure is proposed, which guarantees the local conservation of mass within the element. The effectiveness and correctness are verified by performing the numerical experiment for the water flooding in a homogeneous reservoir. Moreover, the water flooding in a heterogeneous reservoir with cross fracture is simulated and the high resolution of saturation solution is obtained, showing that the complex multiphysics of the reservoir system can be well captured by the proposed method.

Key words: heterogeneous reservoir with fracture, porous media, geomechanics coupled with two-phase flow, mixed finite element

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