1. Numerical analysis of a mixed-dimensional poromechanical model with frictionless contact at matrix--fracture interfaces.
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Bonaldi, Francesco, Droniou, Jérôme, and Masson, Roland
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LAGRANGE multiplier , *NUMERICAL analysis , *SINGLE-phase flow , *INVISCID flow , *FLUID pressure , *POROUS materials - Abstract
We present a complete numerical analysis for a general discretization of a coupled flow–mechanics model in fractured porous media, considering single-phase flows and including frictionless contact at matrix–fracture interfaces, as well as nonlinear poromechanical coupling. Fractures are described as planar surfaces, yielding the so-called mixed- or hybrid-dimensional models. Small displacements and a linear elastic behavior are considered for the matrix. The model accounts for discontinuous fluid pressures at matrix–fracture interfaces in order to cover a wide range of normal fracture conductivities. The numerical analysis is carried out in the Gradient Discretization framework (see J. Droniou, R. Eymard, T. Gallouët, C. Guichard, and R. Herbin [ The gradient discretisation method , Springer, Cham, 2018]), encompassing a large family of conforming and nonconforming discretizations. The convergence result also yields, as a by-product, the existence of a weak solution to the continuous model. A numerical experiment in 2D is presented to support the obtained result, employing a Hybrid Finite Volume scheme for the flow and second-order finite elements (\mathbb {P}_2) for the mechanical displacement coupled with face-wise constant (\mathbb P_0) Lagrange multipliers on fractures, representing normal stresses, to discretize the contact conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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