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Sequential Methods for Coupled Geomechanics and Multiphase Flow

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120 CHAPTER 5. FIXED-STRAIN AND FIXED-STRESS SPLITS<br />

linear poroelasticity only). Other values of cp could be used in order to enhance the stability<br />

<strong>and</strong> convergence of sequential schemes, <strong>and</strong> this has been studied, in the context of linear<br />

poroelasticity, by Bevillon <strong>and</strong> Masson (2000), <strong>and</strong> Mainguy <strong>and</strong> Longuemare (2002).<br />

In order to properly account <strong>for</strong> geomechanical effects, a correction needs to be included<br />

as a source term. This source term is known as porosity correction, ˙ Φ (Settari <strong>and</strong> Mourits,<br />

1998; Mainguy <strong>and</strong> Longuemare, 2002) <strong>and</strong> takes the following two equivalent expressions:<br />

<br />

˙Φ = φ0cp + φ0<br />

<br />

− b<br />

˙p − b ˙εv (from Equation 3.10), (5.5)<br />

Ks<br />

<br />

= φ0cp + φ0<br />

−<br />

Ks<br />

b<br />

<br />

1<br />

˙p − −<br />

Kdr Kdr<br />

1<br />

<br />

˙σv (from Equation 3.12). (5.6)<br />

Ks<br />

Even though the pore-volume compressibility has been recognized as a stabilization<br />

term, a complete stability analysis <strong>and</strong> comparison study of sequential methods including<br />

plasticity is lacking. In the next section, we analyze the stability <strong>and</strong> accuracy of the two<br />

sequential implicit methods presented here.<br />

5.2 Stability Analysis <strong>for</strong> Linear Poroelasticity<br />

We use the Von Neumann method to analyze the stability of the fixed-strain <strong>and</strong> fixed-stress<br />

splits.<br />

5.2.1 Fixed-strain split<br />

Using the generalized mid-point rule, we can express the total stress σh <strong>and</strong> velocity Vh in<br />

the discretized space as<br />

σ n+α<br />

h<br />

V n+α<br />

h<br />

= (1 − α)σ n h<br />

= (1 − α)V n<br />

h<br />

+ ασn+1<br />

h , (5.7)<br />

+ αV n+1<br />

h . (5.8)<br />

Figure 3.3 shows the one dimensional spatial discretization. The fixed-strain split freezes

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