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Open AccessA New Simplified Discrete Fracture Model for Shearing of Intersecting Fractures and Faults
Shearing of fractures and faults is important because it can result in permeability change or even induce seismicity—both are keys for efficient and safe energy recovery and storage in Earth systems. Quantitat...
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Open AccessThermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Brine Migration in a Heated Borehole Test in Bedded Salt
This research paper focuses on the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) modeling of brine migration in a heated borehole test conducted as part of the ongoing Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) at the Waste Isola...
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Open AccessMicroscale THMC Modeling of Pressure Solution in Salt Rock: Impacts of Geometry and Temperature
Pressure solution, a mechanism that involves tight coupling between the geometry and thermal-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes, plays an important role in diagenesis. In this study, we make the first ...
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Open AccessLong-term sinking of nuclear waste canisters in salt formations by low-stress creep at high temperature
Rock salt has a self-sealing capacity, low permeability, and high thermal conductivity, making it a potential host for heat-generating nuclear waste. The feasibility of nuclear waste disposal within salt forma...
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Open AccessTOUGH3-FLAC3D: a modeling approach for parallel computing of fluid flow and geomechanics
The recent development of the TOUGH3 code allows for a faster and more reliable fluid flow simulator. At the same time, new versions of FLAC3D are released periodically, allowing for new features and faster ex...
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Guest editorial for the topical collection: geomechanics for deep resource and energy exploitation
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Open AccessMulti-scale Coupled Processes Modeling of Fractures as Porous, Interfacial and Granular Systems from Rock Images with the Numerical Manifold Method
The greatest challenges of rigorously modeling coupled hydro-mechanical processes in fractured rocks at different scales are associated with computational geometry. In addition, selections of continuous or dis...
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Open AccessUsing Sentinel-1 and GRACE satellite data to monitor the hydrological variations within the Tulare Basin, California
Subsidence induced by groundwater depletion is a grave problem in many regions around the world, leading to a permanent loss of groundwater storage within an aquifer and even producing structural damage at the...
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Open AccessCooling-induced reactivation of distant faults during long-term geothermal energy production in hot sedimentary aquifers
Deep geothermal energy (DGE) represents an opportunity for a sustainable and carbon-free energy supply. One of the main concerns of DGE is induced seismicity that may produce damaging earthquakes, challenging ...
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Special Issue “Observations of Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media at Various Space and Time”
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Guest Editorial to the CouFrac 2018 Special Issue Coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Fractured Media: Microscale to Macroscale Numerical Modeling
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Open AccessMicroscale mechanical modeling of deformable geomaterials with dynamic contacts based on the numerical manifold method
Micromechanical modeling of geomaterials is challenging because of the complex geometry of discontinuities and potentially large number of deformable material bodies that contact each other dynamically. In thi...
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Open AccessThe Northwest Geysers EGS Demonstration Project, California: Pre-stimulation Modeling and Interpretation of the Stimulation
The Northwest Geysers Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) demonstration project aims to create an EGS by directly and systematically injecting cool water at relatively low pressure into a known High Temperature (...
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Open AccessModeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes with Links to Geochemistry Associated with Bentonite-Backfilled Repository Tunnels in Clay Formations
This paper presents simulation results related to coupled thermal–hydraulic–mechanical (THM) processes in engineered barrier systems (EBS) and clay host rock, in one case considering a possible link to geochem...
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Open AccessThe Geomechanics of CO2 Storage in Deep Sedimentary Formations
This paper provides a review of the geomechanics and modeling of geomechanics associated with geologic carbon storage (GCS), focusing on storage in deep sedimentary formations, in particular saline aquifers. T...
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Open AccessA New Coal-Permeability Model: Internal Swelling Stress and Fracture–Matrix Interaction
We have developed a new coal-permeability model for uniaxial strain and constant confining-stress conditions. The model is unique in that it explicitly considers fracture–matrix interaction during coal-deforma...