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In this paper, we are concerned with the simulation of blood flow in microvascular networks and the surrounding tissue. To reduce the computational complexity of this issue, the network structures are modeled by a one-dimensional graph,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-01 Ettore Vidotto , Timo Koch , Tobias Köppl , Rainer Helmig , Barbara Wohlmuth

In this paper we present a mathematical model and a numerical workflow for the simulation of a thermal single-phase flow with reactive transport in porous media, in the presence of fractures. The latter are thin regions which might behave…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-17 Alessio Fumagalli , Anna Scotti

The novel neural networks show great potential in solving partial differential equations. For single-phase flow problems in subsurface porous media with high-contrast coefficients, the key is to develop neural operators with accurate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Peiqi Li , Jie Chen

Development of models and dedicated numerical methods for dynamics in fractured rocks is an active research field, with research moving towards increasingly advanced process couplings and complex fracture networks. The inclusion of coupled…

Over the last decade, finite volume discretizations for flow in porous media have been extended to handle situations where fractures dominate the flow. These discretizations have successfully been combined with the discrete fracture-matrix…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-25 Ivar Stefansson , Inga Berre , Eirik Keilegavlen

The objective of this study is to better understand the influence of fractures on the possibility of free convection in porous media. To this aim, we introduce a mathematical model for density driven flow in the presence of fractures, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-06 Arash Andrea Roknian , Anna Scotti , Alessio Fumagalli

We consider single-phase flow in a fractured porous medium governed by Darcy's law with spatially varying hydraulic conductivity matrices in both bulk and fractures. The width-to-length ratio of a fracture is of the order of a small…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-01 Maximilian Hörl , Christian Rohde

Hydro-mechanical processes in rough fractures are highly non-linear and govern productivity and associated risks in a wide range of reservoir engineering problems. To enable high-resolution simulations of hydro-mechanical processes in…

The last decade has seen a strong increase of research into flows in fractured porous media, mainly related to subsurface processes, but also in materials science and biological applications. Connected fractures totally dominate…

Geophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 Inga Berre , Florian Doster , Eirik Keilegavlen

Flow in fractured porous media is of high relevance in a variety of geotechnical applications, given the fact that they ubiquitously occur in nature and that they can have a substantial impact on the hydraulic properties of rock. As a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-03 Dennis Gläser , Martin Schneider , Bernd Flemisch , Rainer Helmig

We consider a Darcy problem for saturated porous media written in dual formulation in presence of a fully immersed inclusion. The lowest order virtual element method is employ to derive the discrete approximation. In the present work we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-01 Alessio Fumagalli

The numerical simulation of physical processes in the underground frequently entails challenges related to the geometry and/or data. The former are mainly due to the shape of sedimentary layers and the presence of fractures and faults,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-28 Alessio Fumagalli , Anna Scotti , Luca Formaggia

Fractures are normally present in the underground and are, for some physical processes, of paramount importance. Their accurate description is fundamental to obtain reliable numerical outcomes useful, e.g., for energy management. Depending…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-03 Alessio Fumagalli , Francesco Saverio Patacchini

In energy science, Darcy flow in heterogeneous porous media is a central problem in reservoir sim-ulation. However, the pronounced multiscale characteristics of such media pose significant challenges to conventional numerical methods in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Peiqi Li , Jie Chen

This study presents a novel workflow for constructing hybrid macropore-Darcy models from micro-CT images of microporous rocks. In our approach, macropore networks are extracted using established methods, while the microporosity is…

We present a multi-resolution approach for constructing model-based simulations of hydraulic fracturing, wherein flow through porous media is coupled with fluid-driven fracture. The approach consists of a hybrid scheme that couples a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Andre Costa , Matteo Cusini , Tao Jin , Randolph Settgast , John Dolbow

This paper introduces an Algebraic MultiScale method for simulation of flow in heterogeneous porous media with embedded discrete Fractures (F-AMS). First, multiscale coarse grids are independently constructed for both porous matrix and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Matei Tene , Mohammed Saad Al Kobaisi , Hadi Hajibeygi

Modeling coupled processes in fractured porous media -- flow, deformation, fracture mechanics, and thermal/chemical effects -- often relies on mixed dimensional multiphysics formulations. These systems are nonlinear and depend on physical…

Geophysics · Physics 2026-03-03 Jakub Wiktor Both , Inga Berre

This work outlines a diffuse interface method for the study of fracture and fragmentation in ductile metals at high strain-rates in Eulerian finite volume simulations. The work is based on an existing diffuse interface method capable of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Tim Wallis , Philip T. Barton , Nikolaos Nikiforakis

Numerous field experiments suggest that the self-potential (SP) geophysical method may allow for the detection of hydraulically active fractures and provide information about fracture properties. However, a lack of suitable numerical tools…

Geophysics · Physics 2016-05-26 D. Roubinet , N. Linde , D. Jougnot , J. Irving