The aim of this study is to compare numerical methods for the simulation of single-phase flow and transport in fractured media, described here by means of the discrete fracture network (DFN) model. A Darcy problem is solved to compute the advective field, then used in a subsequent time-dependent transport-diffusion-reaction problem. The numerical schemes are benchmarked in terms of flexibility in handling geometrical complexity, mass conservation, and stability issues for advection-dominated flow regimes. To this end, two benchmark cases, along with an additional one from a previous work, have been specifically designed and are here proposed and investigated, representing some of the most critical issues encountered in DFN simulations.

Comparison of the response to geometrical complexity of methods for unstationary simulations in discrete fracture networks with conforming, polygonal, and non-matching grids / Borio, A.; Fumagalli, A.; Scialo, S.. - In: COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCES. - ISSN 1420-0597. - (2020). [10.1007/s10596-020-09996-9]

Comparison of the response to geometrical complexity of methods for unstationary simulations in discrete fracture networks with conforming, polygonal, and non-matching grids

Borio A.;Fumagalli A.;Scialo S.
2020

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare numerical methods for the simulation of single-phase flow and transport in fractured media, described here by means of the discrete fracture network (DFN) model. A Darcy problem is solved to compute the advective field, then used in a subsequent time-dependent transport-diffusion-reaction problem. The numerical schemes are benchmarked in terms of flexibility in handling geometrical complexity, mass conservation, and stability issues for advection-dominated flow regimes. To this end, two benchmark cases, along with an additional one from a previous work, have been specifically designed and are here proposed and investigated, representing some of the most critical issues encountered in DFN simulations.
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