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Sequential Methods for Coupled Geomechanics and Multiphase Flow

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6.2.3 Undrained split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173<br />

6.2.4 Fixed-strain split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174<br />

6.2.5 Fixed-stress split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176<br />

6.3 Staggered Newton scheme with IMPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177<br />

6.3.1 Drained split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />

6.3.2 Undrained split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />

6.3.3 Fixed-strain split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179<br />

6.3.4 Fixed-stress split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180<br />

6.4 Stability Analysis via the Energy Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181<br />

6.4.1 Constitutive relations <strong>for</strong> multiphase flow <strong>and</strong> elastoplasticity . . . . 181<br />

6.4.2 Contractivity of multiphase flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182<br />

6.4.3 Contractivity of the undrained split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185<br />

6.4.4 Contractivity of the fixed-stress split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186<br />

6.4.5 B-stability of the sequential methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187<br />

6.4.6 B-stability of the undrained split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188<br />

6.4.7 B-stability of the fixed-stress split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191<br />

6.5 Numerical Examples with the staggered Newton methods . . . . . . . . . . 195<br />

6.5.1 Case 6.1—Water injection <strong>and</strong> oil production in the 1D poroelasticity 196<br />

6.5.2 Case 6.2—Water injection <strong>and</strong> oil production in 2D with poroelasticity200<br />

6.6 Numerical Examples with the staggered method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205<br />

7 Conclusions 207<br />

7.1 Formulation of <strong>Coupled</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>and</strong> Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207<br />

7.2 <strong>Coupled</strong> Mechanics <strong>and</strong> Single-Phase flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208<br />

7.2.1 Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208<br />

7.2.2 Convergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209<br />

7.2.3 Accuracy <strong>and</strong> Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210<br />

7.3 <strong>Coupled</strong> Mechanics <strong>and</strong> <strong>Multiphase</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210<br />

7.4 Finite-Volume <strong>and</strong> Finite-Element <strong>Methods</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211<br />

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