Spatial Characterization of Channeling in Sheared Rough‐Walled Fractures in the Transition to Nonlinear Fluid Flow
Robert Egert,
Fabian Nitschke,
Maziar Gholami Korzani
et al.
Abstract:Accurate quantification of spatially resolved fluid flow within fractures is crucial for successful reservoir development, such as Enhanced Geothermal Systems. This study presents an innovative workflow designed to model and characterize preferential flow paths (channels) within rough‐walled shear fractures. A set of 30 rough‐walled self‐affine fractures, all possessing identical roughness characteristics, is stochastically generated. By solving the nonlinear Navier‐Stokes equations in 420 individual realizati… Show more
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