Numerical studies of aerofractures in porous media / Estudios numericos de aerofractures en medios porosos

Michael Niebling (1, 2) , Renaud Toussaint (1, 3) , Eirik Grude Flekkøy (3, 2) , K. J. Måløy (2)

1 IPGS-GE - Géophysique expérimentale (IPGS)
2 Department of Physics [Oslo]
3 Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

During the hydraulically induced compaction of a granular layer fracture patterns arise. In numerical simulations we study how these patterns depend on the gas properties as well as on the properties of the porous medium. In particular the relation between the speed of fracture propagation and injection pressure is here studied in detail.

Mots clés: coupled grain fluid flow; porous material; Hydrofractures; compressible fluid

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Matière Molle [cond-mat.soft]; Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]; Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]; Milieux et Changements globaux

Michael Niebling, Renaud Toussaint, Eirik Grude Flekkøy, K. J. Måløy. Numerical studies of aerofractures in porous media / Estudios numericos de aerofractures en medios porosos. Revista Cubana de Fisica, 2012, 29 (1E), pp.1E66. ⟨hal-00731211⟩