A novel approach to modelling of flow in fractured porous medium

Jan Šembera; Jiří Maryška; Jiřina Královcová; Otto Severýn

Kybernetika (2007)

  • Volume: 43, Issue: 4, page 577-588
  • ISSN: 0023-5954

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There are many problems of groundwater flow in a disrupted rock massifs that should be modelled using numerical models. It can be done via “standard approaches” such as increase of the permeability of the porous medium to account the fracture system (or double-porosity models), or discrete stochastic fracture network models. Both of these approaches appear to have their constraints and limitations, which make them unsuitable for the large- scale long-time hydrogeological calculations. In the article, a new approach to the modelling of groudwater flow in fractured porous medium, which combines the above-mentioned models, is described. This article presents the mathematical formulation and demonstration of numerical results obtained by this new approach. The approach considers three substantial types of objects within a structure of modelled massif important for the groudwater flow – small stochastic fractures, large deterministic fractures, and lines of intersection of the large fractures. The systems of stochastic fractures are represented by blocks of porous medium with suitably set hydraulic conductivity. The large fractures are represented as polygons placed in 3D space and their intersections are represented by lines. Thus flow in 3D porous medium, flow in 2D and 1D fracture systems, and communication among these three systems are modelled together.

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Šembera, Jan, et al. "A novel approach to modelling of flow in fractured porous medium." Kybernetika 43.4 (2007): 577-588. <http://eudml.org/doc/33881>.

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author = {Šembera, Jan, Maryška, Jiří, Královcová, Jiřina, Severýn, Otto},
journal = {Kybernetika},
keywords = {finite element method; Darcy’s flow; fractured porous medium; finite element method; Darcy's flow; fractured porous medium},
language = {eng},
number = {4},
pages = {577-588},
publisher = {Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS CR},
title = {A novel approach to modelling of flow in fractured porous medium},
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volume = {43},
year = {2007},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Šembera, Jan
AU - Maryška, Jiří
AU - Královcová, Jiřina
AU - Severýn, Otto
TI - A novel approach to modelling of flow in fractured porous medium
JO - Kybernetika
PY - 2007
PB - Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS CR
VL - 43
IS - 4
SP - 577
EP - 588
AB - There are many problems of groundwater flow in a disrupted rock massifs that should be modelled using numerical models. It can be done via “standard approaches” such as increase of the permeability of the porous medium to account the fracture system (or double-porosity models), or discrete stochastic fracture network models. Both of these approaches appear to have their constraints and limitations, which make them unsuitable for the large- scale long-time hydrogeological calculations. In the article, a new approach to the modelling of groudwater flow in fractured porous medium, which combines the above-mentioned models, is described. This article presents the mathematical formulation and demonstration of numerical results obtained by this new approach. The approach considers three substantial types of objects within a structure of modelled massif important for the groudwater flow – small stochastic fractures, large deterministic fractures, and lines of intersection of the large fractures. The systems of stochastic fractures are represented by blocks of porous medium with suitably set hydraulic conductivity. The large fractures are represented as polygons placed in 3D space and their intersections are represented by lines. Thus flow in 3D porous medium, flow in 2D and 1D fracture systems, and communication among these three systems are modelled together.
LA - eng
KW - finite element method; Darcy’s flow; fractured porous medium; finite element method; Darcy's flow; fractured porous medium
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