Talk on Apr 18, 2013

Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 02:00 pm

 

Coupled Fracture Network – Porous Rock Matrix Flow on Non-Matching Grids with XFEM

Dr. Bernd Flemisch und Dipl.-Ing. Nicolas Schwenck (University Stuttgart)

Abstract:

Fractured porous-media systems are simulated, where the characteristic

flow behavior depends on both the fractures and the matrix. A structured

rock-matrix grid is coupled with an independent, arbitrarily orientated

fracture-network grid of codimension one that leads to discontinuous

solutions across the fractures which are handled by an XFEM approach.

Discontinuities also occur at fracture crossings. A consistency

condition which can handle arbitrary crossings is presented as well as

consistent boundary conditions for fractured boundaries.

 

Time: 02:00 pm

Location: Room 149, Hauptgebäude, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen