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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…

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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

In this work, we present a novel nonlocal nonlinear coarse grid approximation using a machine learning algorithm. We consider unsaturated and two-phase flow problems in heterogeneous and fractured porous media, where mathematical models are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Maria Vasilyeva , Wing T. Leung , Eric T. Chung , Yalchin Efendiev , Mary Wheeler

In this work, a new discretization approach for coupled free and porous-medium flows is introduced, which uses a finite volume staggered-grid method for the discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations in the free-flow subdomain, while a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Martin Schneider , Dennis Gläser , Kilian Weishaupt , Edward Coltman , Bernd Flemisch , Rainer Helmig

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

The convergence of multigrid methods degrades significantly if a small number of low quality cells are present in a finite element mesh, and this can be a barrier to the efficient and robust application of multigrid on complicated geometric…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Yuxuan Chen , Garth N. Wells

An outstanding characteristic of porous media, desired in many applications, is the large surface area, which facilitates solid-fluid interactions, making porous media an extreme case in colloid and interface science. In two-fluid systems,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-23 Steffen Berg , Ryan T. Armstrong , Maja Rücker , Alex Hansen , Signe Kjelstrup , Dick Bedeaux

A discretization is proposed for models coupling free flow with anisotropic porous medium flow. Our approach employs a staggered grid finite volume method for the Navier-Stokes equations in the free flow subdomain and a MPFA finite volume…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Martin Schneider , Kilian Weishaupt , Dennis Gläser , Wietse M. Boon , Rainer Helmig

This paper solves the discretised multiphase flow equations using tools and methods from machine-learning libraries. The idea comes from the observation that convolutional layers can be used to express a discretisation as a neural network…

We combine classical continuum mechanics with the recently developed calculus for mixed-dimensional problems to obtain governing equations for flow in, and deformation of, fractured materials. We present models both in the context of finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Wietse M. Boon , Jan M. Nordbotten

A numerical framework for rigorous linear stability analysis of two-phase stratified flows of two immiscible fluids in horizontal circular pipes is presented. For the first time, three-dimensional disturbances, including those at the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-17 Ilya Barmak , Alexander Gelfgat , Neima Brauner

Discretization of flow in fractured porous media commonly lead to large systems of linear equations that require dedicated solvers. In this work, we develop an efficient linear solver and its practical implementation for mixed-dimensional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Xiaozhe Hu , Eirik Keilegavlen , Jan M. Nordbotten

The present work is aimed to find suitable exchange conditions for saturated fluid flow in a porous medium, when a fractal microstructure is embedded in the porous matrix. Two different deterministic models are introduced and rigorously…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Fernando A Morales , Luis C Aristizábal

In this paper, we present a residual-driven multiscale method for simulating Darcy flow in perforated domains, where complex geometries and highly heterogeneous permeability make direct simulations computationally expensive. To address…

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

The correct choice of interface conditions and effective parameters for coupled macroscale free-flow and porous-medium models is crucial for a complete mathematical description of the problem under consideration and for accurate numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-27 Iryna Rybak , Christoph Schwarzmeier , Elissa Eggenweiler , Ulrich Rüde

A numerical algorithm for solving mantle convection problems with strongly variable viscosity is presented. Equations for conservation of mass and momentum for highly viscous and incompressible fluids are solved iteratively by a multigrid…

Geophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Masanori Kameyama , Akira Kageyama , Tetsuya Sato

A high-performance gas kinetic solver using multi-level parallelization is developed to enable pore-scale simulations of rarefied flows in porous media. The Boltzmann model equation is solved by the discrete velocity method with an…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-12-05 Minh Tuan Ho , Lianhua Zhu , Lei Wu , Peng Wang , Zhaoli Guo , Zhi-Hui Li , Yonghao Zhang