Simulation of Unstable Fault Slip in Granite Using a Bonded-particle Model

2002 ◽  
pp. 221-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Hazzard ◽  
David S. Collins ◽  
William S. Pettitt ◽  
R. Paul Young
Keyword(s):  
Fault Slip ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Bonded Particle Model

Simulation of Unstable Fault Slip in Granite Using a Bonded-particle Model

2002 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.F. Hazzard ◽  
D.S. Collins ◽  
W.S. Pettitt ◽  
R.P. Young
Keyword(s):  
Fault Slip ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Bonded Particle Model

scholarly journals Wave-induced stress and breaking of sea ice in a coupled hydrodynamic–discrete-element wave–ice model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Herman
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Wave Attenuation ◽  
Wave Model ◽  
Discrete Element ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Bonded Particle Model ◽  
Induced Stress ◽  
Wave Induced

Abstract. In this paper, a coupled sea ice–wave model is developed and used to analyze the variability of wave-induced stress and breaking in sea ice. The sea ice module is a discrete-element bonded-particle model, in which ice is represented as cuboid "grains" floating on the water surface that can be connected to their neighbors by elastic "joints". The joints may break if instantaneous stresses acting on them exceed their strength. The wave part is based on an open-source version of the Non-Hydrostatic WAVE model (NHWAVE). The two parts are coupled with proper boundary conditions for pressure and velocity, exchanged at every time step. In the present version, the model operates in two dimensions (one vertical and one horizontal) and is suitable for simulating compact ice in which heave and pitch motion dominates over surge. In a series of simulations with varying sea ice properties and incoming wavelength it is shown that wave-induced stress reaches maximum values at a certain distance from the ice edge. The value of maximum stress depends on both ice properties and characteristics of incoming waves, but, crucially for ice breaking, the location at which the maximum occurs does not change with the incoming wavelength. Consequently, both regular and random (Jonswap spectrum) waves break the ice into floes with almost identical sizes. The width of the zone of broken ice depends on ice strength and wave attenuation rates in the ice.

scholarly journals Effect of matching relation of multi-scale, randomly distributed pores on geometric distribution of induced cracks in hydraulic fracturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 2436-2465
Author(s):  
Peihuo Peng
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Reservoir Rock ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Bonded Particle Model ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Pore Structures ◽  
Fracturing Fluids ◽  
Seepage Characteristics

Reservoir rock contains many multi-scale, unevenly distributed pores, and the pore structures of shale in different reservoirs and geological environments vary greatly. Because the seepage velocity and pressure field are related to the pore spatial variations, the inhomogeneity of the seepage is superimposed on the anisotropy of the rock’s physical properties, which will affect the distribution of the induced cracks. A method for calculating the pore size in the bonded particle model, based on Delaunay triangulation, is proposed. A modeling approach capable of simulating the multi-scale pore distribution of actual rock is presented based on the proposed method. To understand how microcracks connect micropores in the process of fracturing, several bonded particle model samples with different pore structures were established, and numerical experiments were conducted based on the coupling calculation of the discrete seepage algorithm and discrete element method. The focus of this study was on the interactions between the distribution characteristics of multi-scale pores, the specific physical properties of the fracturing fluid, and the distribution differences of the induced cracks caused by the special seepage characteristics when using different fracturing fluids. The numerical results showed that the advantages of supercritical CO2 fracturing are maximized in deep reservoirs (high in-situ stress) and that a suitable in-situ stress condition is required (i.e. a stress ratio close to 1).

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