large amounts of hydrocarbon reserves are trapped in naturally fractured reservoirs which arechallenging in terms of accurate recovery prediction because of their joint fabric complexity andlithological heterogeneity. canada, for example, has over 400 billion barrels of crude oil in fracturedcarbonates in alberta, most of this being bitumen of viscosity greater than 106 cp in the grosmontformat...

In January 2013, the Journal of Computational Physics announced an open call for quality papers to topical issues on Frontiers in Computational Physics devoted to modelling the Earth System. Computational models play an essential role in diagnosis and prognosis of all elements of the Earth System, from solar variability through space weather, geomechanics, terrestrial climate and weather, down ...

The finite element method (FEM) is often used as the conventional method in computational geomechanics. However, dealing with the large deformation and failure is generally a difficult task for FEM since this method is suffered from grid distortions. In order to resolve this problem, the development of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) to simulate large deformation and failure of geomateria...

Naturally fractured reservoirs have been a source of challenging issues with regard to field development, well stability, drilling, and enhanced oil recovery, as connected fracture system can totally dominate the flow patterns. Because high degree heterogeneity in characteristics reservoir geomechanics, several mathematical, numerical discretization methods are proposed predict hydrodynamics be...

Geomechanics and TunnellingVolume 14, Issue 3 Cover PictureFree Access Picture: Tunnelling 3/2021 First published: 11 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/geot.202170301AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text full-text accessPlease review our Terms Conditions of Use check box below share version article.I have read accept ...

Geomechanics and TunnellingVolume 15, Issue 5 Cover PictureFree Access Picture: Tunnelling 5/2022 First published: 04 October 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/geot.202270501AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text full-text accessPlease review our Terms Conditions of Use check box below share version article.I have read acce...

The overall objective of thickened and paste tailings disposal has been stated many times: it is to thicken a slurry the point where non-segregating, will beach form sloping, sub-aerial deposit. The advantages this type scheme have include higher density, strength (including avoidance slimes pond), improved seismic resistance, better closure rehabilitation prospects lower compressibility). ai...