Virtual element simulation of two-phase flow of immiscible fluids in discrete fracture networks

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111735OpenAlexW4307723692MaRDI QIDQ2106945

F. Vicini, Stefano Berrone, Martina Busetto

Publication date: 29 November 2022

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111735

zbMATH Keywords

porous mediavirtual element methodpolygonal meshdiscrete fracture networkstwo-phase immiscible flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76Mxx) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, boundary value problems (65Nxx) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76Sxx)

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Uses Software

• Matlab
• MRST
• Triangle
• PolyMesher
• dfnWorks

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