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Sequential Methods for Coupled Geomechanics and Multiphase Flow

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80 CHAPTER 3. STABILITY OF THE DRAINED AND UNDRAINED SPLITS<br />

Dimensionless pressure (P/P i )<br />

1<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

Case 3.5 elastoplasticity (Full iterations )<br />

Drained<br />

Undrained<br />

Fully coupled<br />

0.3<br />

0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05<br />

Dimensionless time (pore volume produced)<br />

Figure 3.19: The evolution of the dimensionless pressure at the observation point vs. dimensionless<br />

time (pore volume produced) <strong>for</strong> Case 3.5 (2D production test in the elastoplastic<br />

regime). Top: schematic of the return mapping algorithm <strong>for</strong> the modified Cam-clay model.<br />

Bottom: numerical solutions using the fully coupled, drained, <strong>and</strong> undrained methods. The<br />

model enters the plastic regime at td ≈ 0.018. Beyond this point, the drained split becomes<br />

unstable <strong>and</strong> fails to produce a solution at all.

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