基于Fractal模型的复电阻率法2.5D有限元数值模拟

复电阻率法在油气资源、矿产勘查中发挥了重要的作用,为了深刻认识复电阻率法异常特征变化规律,本文对复电阻率2.5D正演问题展开研究。首先直接给出复电阻率法2.5D有限元正演所满足的变分问题,并详细地推导相应的刚度矩阵的计算过程。引入Fractal模型作为等效模型研究频谱激电异常特征。对单元内的复电导率及复电位均进行线性插值,而后,采用不完全LU分解的稳定双共轭梯度算法求解有限元线性方程组,获得异常复电位值。设计3个典型的地电模型验证了本文算法的正确性及精确性,并分析了不同装置下,不同频率的2.5D复电阻率异常响应特征。数值模拟结果表明,采用Fractal模型研究激发极化异常特征是可行、有效的;不同装置、不同频率下的复电阻率法异常特征有着显著的差异。     

Finite element simulations of logging-while-drilling and extra-deep azimuthal resistivity measurements using non-fitting grids

We propose a discretization technique using non-fitting grids to simulate magnetic field-based resistivity logging measurements. Non-fitting grids are convenient because they are simpler to generate and handle than fitting grids when the geometry is complex. On the other side, fitting grids have been historically preferred because they offer additional accuracy for a fixed problem size in the general case. In this work, we analyse the use of non-fitting grids to simulate the response of logging instruments that are based on magnetic field resistivity measurements using 2.5D Maxwell’s equations. We provide various examples demonstrating that, for these applications, if the finite element matrix coefficients are properly integrated, the accuracy loss due to the use of non-fitting grids is negligible compared to the case where fitting grids are employed.     

A basal slip model for Lagrangian finite element simulations of 3D landslides

A Lagrangian numerical approach for the simulation of rapid landslide runouts is presented and discussed. The simulation approach is based on the so‐called Particle Finite Element Method. The moving soil mass is assumed to obey a rigid‐viscoplastic, non‐dilatant Drucker–Prager constitutive law, which is cast in the form of a regularized, pressure‐sensitive Bingham model. Unlike in classical formulations of computational fluid mechanics, where no‐slip boundary conditions are assumed, basal slip boundary conditions are introduced to account for the specific nature of the landslide‐basal surface interface. The basal slip conditions are formulated in the form of modified Navier boundary conditions, with a pressure‐sensitive threshold. A special mixed Eulerian–Lagrangian formulation is used for the elements on the basal interface to accommodate the new slip conditions into the Particle Finite Element Method framework. To avoid inconsistencies in the presence of complex shapes of the basal surface, the no‐flux condition through the basal surface is relaxed using a penalty approach. The proposed model is validated by simulating both laboratory tests and a real large‐scale problem, and the critical role of the basal slip is elucidated. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于混合网格有限元的直流电阻率法三维正演研究

直流电阻率法因效率高、成本低等特点广泛应用于有色金属、煤田等矿产资源勘探和地质调查行业。但在井–地、地–井电阻率法勘探过程中,钻孔因素(井液电阻率和钻孔孔径)对不同探测模式下视电阻率响应的影响尚未明确,是否影响视电阻率资料的解释是值得探讨的一个问题。因此,提出采用混合网格有限元法实现直流电阻率三维正演。给出异常电位法满足的边值问题及有限元变分问题,应用三棱柱和四面体混合网格实现对计算区域的快速离散,并建立2种网格的线性插值基函数和单元系数矩阵;采用SSOR–PCG迭代算法求解异常电位满足的大型线性方程组,得到各观测点的响应。在保证计算精度的前提下,应用混合网格有效地离散钻孔地电模型,探讨钻孔因素对井–地、地–井观测方式视电阻率数据的影响特征。对于井–地观测方式:钻孔附近视电阻率受钻孔因素影响最大,严重影响视电阻率资料的合理解释,但随着测点收发距的增加,视电阻率响应逐渐趋于围岩电阻率;而且随着发射源深度的增加,钻孔对地表视电阻率响应的影响也逐渐减小。对于地–井观测方式:钻孔因素对浅部数据影响较大,对深部数据影响小,相比于井液电阻率,视电阻率响应更易受钻孔孔径的影响。直流电阻率法混合网格有限元三维正演算法的提出,对实际井–地、地–井电阻率法勘探具有理论指导意义,可结合钻孔信息进行正演模拟分析,选择合适的收发距,有效压制钻孔因素对实测资料的影响。      

高密度电阻率法的2.5维反演软件

介绍了不平地形条件下高密度电阻率法2.5维反演的算法和程序,该程序可用于九种常用电极装置观测结果的反演。对理论和实测数据的反演结果表明,该算法正确,程序运行稳定,反演效果很好。     

基于2.5维有限元饱和土地基中空沟隔振性能研究

基于Biot饱和多孔介质U-W格式动力控制方程,采用Galerkin法和Fourier变换,推导了饱和土体2.5维有限元方程及黏弹性人工边界,建立了饱和土地基中空沟分析模型,并在波数域中进行求解,通过快速Fourier变换（FFT）进行波数展开,获得三维空间域中结果。算例分析了移动荷载作用下均质饱和土地基、分层饱和土地基、上覆单相弹性层饱和土地基3种饱和土地基模型中空沟的隔振效果。结果表明：饱和土地基中空沟的隔振效果不仅与空沟自身深度有关,还与地基中成层土体的分界面以及土体参数有关,波在不同土体分界面上的透射和反射会影响空沟的隔振效果;饱和土地基中上覆单相弹性层厚度对空沟的隔振效果影响显著,随着上覆单相弹性层厚度的增加,饱和土地基中空沟的隔振效果变好。     

A note on finite element simulations of pile driving

The analyses of pile driving using solid, axisymmetric finite elements reported in Reference 1 are extended to different soil conditions and hammer characteristics. Correlation with ‘pile analyser’ procedures is made.     

基于非结构化有限元的三维井地电阻率法约束反演

电磁探测反演是典型的不适定问题,易造成反演结果的多解性,不适定性是反演自身固有的特征,没有求解的附加信息这一本质困难是很难克服的,解决该问题的有效方法是研究约束反演。本文采用目前较为主流的高斯牛顿—共轭梯度法(GN-CG),在反演目标函数中直接施加约束条件,将介质电阻率的取值范围作为先验信息和约束条件以外点罚函数法的方式引入到反演目标函数中,与常规三维电阻率反演目标函数相比,增加了不等式约束项的目标函数,理论上可以压制反演的多解性。通过多种理论模型的测试结果表明,本文基于不等式约束的三维井地电阻率反演算法有效地改善了反演结果的精度,以惩罚函数法施加不等式约束条件的方式是现实可行及有效的。     

Variational principles and finite element simulations for thermo-elastic consolidation

In this paper, a general variational principle for the initial boundary value problem of quasi-static thermoelastic consolidation is developed by assuming infinitesimal deformation and an incompressible fluid flowing through a linearly elastic solid. By manipulating the coupling operators, an extended form of the variational pronciple is derved. The associated finite element formulation based on this principle is presented and numerical applications for plane strain thermo-elastic consolidation are revealed.     

A multi-domain decomposition-based Fourier finite element method for the simulation of 3D marine CSEM measurements

We introduce a multi-domain decomposition Fourier finite element (MDDFFE) method for the simulation of three-dimensional (3D) marine controlled source electromagnetic measurement (CSEM). The method combines a 2D finite element (FE) method in two spatial dimensions with a hybrid discretization based on a Fourier FE method along the third dimension. The method employs a secondary field formulation rather than the total field formulation. We apply the MDDFFE method to several synthetic marine CSEM examples exhibiting bathymetry and/or multiple 3D subdomains. Numerical results show that the use of the MDDFFE method reduces the problem size by as much as 87 % in terms of the number of unknowns, without any sacrifice in accuracy.     

A stabilized extended finite element framework for hydraulic fracturing simulations

We present a stabilized extended finite element formulation to simulate the hydraulic fracturing process in an elasto‐plastic medium. The fracture propagation process is governed by a cohesive fracture model, where a trilinear traction‐separation law is used to describe normal contact, cohesion and strength softening on the fracture face. Fluid flow inside the fracture channel is governed by the lubrication equation, and the flow rate is related to the fluid pressure gradient by the ‘cubic’ law. Fluid leak off happens only in the normal direction and is assumed to be governed by the Carter's leak‐off model. We propose a ‘local’ U‐P (displacement‐pressure) formulation to discretize the fluid‐solid coupled system, where volume shape functions are used to interpolate the fluid pressure field on the fracture face. The ‘local’ U‐P approach is compatible with the extended finite element framework, and a separate mesh is not required to describe the fluid flow. The coupled system of equations is solved iteratively by the standard Newton‐Raphson method. We identify instability issues associated with the fluid flow inside the fracture channel, and use the polynomial pressure projection method to reduce the pressure oscillations resulting from the instability. Numerical examples demonstrate that the proposed framework is effective in modeling 3D hydraulic fracture propagation. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

频率域电磁剖面有限差分法2.5维正演数值模拟

对于实际生产中遇到的2.5维问题,从麦克斯韦方程组出发,把地电参数变化小的走向方向转化到波数域,用一系列波数模拟三维源的特征,并在波数域中,得到2组关于Hx (k_x,y,z)和Ex (k_x,y,z)的偏微分方程。选取适当的kx值,用有限差分法在y-z平面的网格中求解,再通过反傅里叶变换得到空间域中的电磁场。在验证了算法的正确性之后,对不同埋深的直立异常体、倾斜异常体及断陷模型进行了数值模拟,其结果直观地显示了异常体磁异常的形态,同时研究了程序对低阻异常体的横向分辨率。对层状大地模型,用井间收发方式进行了模拟研究,并取得了较好的结果,这对今后实际勘探应用奠定了基础。     

Improved algorithms for generalized finite element simulations of three-dimensional hydraulic fracture propagation

This paper reports improvements to algorithms for the simulation of 3-D hydraulic fracturing with the Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM). Three optimizations are presented and analyzed. First, an improved initial guess based on solving a 3-D elastic problem with the pressure from the previous step is shown to decrease the number of Newton iterations and increase robustness. Second, an improved methodology to find the time step that leads to fracture propagation is proposed and shown to decrease significantly the number of iterations. Third, reduced computational cost is observed by properly recycling the linear part of the coupled stiffness matrix. Two representative examples are used to analyze these improvements. Additionally, a methodology to include the leak-off term is presented and verified against asymptotic analytical solutions. Conservation of mass is shown to be well satisfied in all examples.     

基于共轭梯度法的垂直有限线源三维电阻率反演

利用垂直有限线源研究油田注水分布和剩余油分布成为一种新型电测方法。本文对该方法实际应用的有效性进行了分析和说明,并利用共轭梯度迭代技术实现了垂直有限线源三维电阻率反演。结果表明,反演稳定可靠,计算速度快。     

二维电阻率倾斜各向异性对海洋可控源电磁场响应的影响

地下介质的电阻率常常表现为各向异性,海底褶皱带、逆冲断层带和倾斜层状沉积序列等地质构造可能形成宏观电阻率倾斜各向异性。这里采用规则矩形网格剖分有限元法,实现了二维电阻率倾斜各向异性海洋可控源电磁(CSEM)正演算法,模拟了二维电阻率倾斜各向异性模型海洋可控源电磁场响应。模型计算结果表明,电阻率倾斜各向异性围岩对含有海底高阻薄层的海洋可控源电磁响应产生严重畸变影响。因此,在海洋电磁资料解释中,电阻率倾斜各向异性的影响应该得到重视,忽略该影响将可能会导致数据解释错误。     

A stabilized assumed deformation gradient finite element formulation for strongly coupled poromechanical simulations at finite strain

An adaptively stabilized finite element scheme is proposed for a strongly coupled hydro‐mechanical problem in fluid‐infiltrating porous solids at finite strain. We first present the derivation of the poromechanics model via mixture theory in large deformation. By exploiting assumed deformation gradient techniques, we develop a numerical procedure capable of simultaneously curing the multiple‐locking phenomena related to shear failure, incompressibility imposed by pore fluid, and/or incompressible solid skeleton and produce solutions that satisfy the inf‐sup condition. The template‐based generic programming and automatic differentiation (AD) techniques used to implement the stabilized model are also highlighted. Finally, numerical examples are given to show the versatility and efficiency of this model. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Simulations of 3D DC borehole resistivity measurements with a goal-oriented <Emphasis Type="Italic">hp</Emphasis> finite-element method. Part II: through-casing resistivity instruments

We simulate direct current (DC) borehole resistivity measurements acquired in steel-cased deviated wells for the assessment of rock formation properties. The assumed data acquisition configuration considers one current (emitter) and three voltage (collector) electrodes that are utilized to measure the second difference of the electric potential along the well trajectory. We assume a homogeneous, 1.27-cm-thick steel casing with resistivity equal to 10^− 5 Ω· m. Simulations are performed with two different numerical methodologies. The first one is based on transferring two-dimensional (2D) axisymmetric optimal grids to a three-dimensional (3D) simulation software. The second one automatically produces optimal 3D grids yielded by a 3D self-adaptive goal-oriented algorithm. Both methodologies utilize high-order finite elements (FE) that are specially well-suited for problems with high-contrast coefficients and rapid spatial variations of the electric field, as it occurs in simulations that involve steel-cased wells. The method based on transferring 2D-optimal grids is efficient in terms of CPU time (few seconds per logging position). Unfortunately, it may produce inaccurate 3D simulations in deviated wells, even though the error remains below 1% for the axisymmetric (vertical) well. The method based on optimal 3D grids, although less efficient in terms of CPU time (few hours per logging position), produces more accurate results that are validated by a built-in a posteriori error estimator. This paper provides the first existing simulations of through-casing resistivity measurements in deviated wells. Simulated resistivity measurements indicate that, for a 30° deviated well, measurements in conductive layers 0.01 Ω· m) are similar to those obtained in vertical wells. However, in resistive layers (10,000 Ω· m), we observe 100% larger readings in the 30° deviated well. This difference becomes 3,000% for the case of a 60° deviated well. For this highly-deviated well, readings corresponding to the conductive formation layer are about 30% smaller in magnitude than those in a vertical well. Shoulder effects significantly vary in deviated wells.     

Boudinage structure: some new interpretations based on elastic-plastic finite element simulations

An elastic-plastic finite element method, based on the Prandtl-Reuss equations of plastic flow and involving equivalent stresses and strains, is used to study boudinage structure. Our choice of data for the simulations was guided by published stress-strain curves for marble (matrix) and quartzite (boudin), the essential parameters being yield stress and rock ‘hardness’ (defined by the slope of the stress-strain curve). All models assume an initial fracture and slight separation and therefore only simulate post-fracture behaviour. The simulations suggest that boudin shape is determined by boudin hardness; maximum stresses are concentrated in the corners which therefore shows the most shape modification. Matrix hardness determines the amount of boudin separation. Direct comparison with natural examples is restricted to boudins suffering no significant pre-fracture plastic deformation (i.e. rectangular- and barrel-shaped boudins), although other types are likely to have the characteristics of barrel and pinch-and-swell styles. The simulations do not consider the nature and timing of boudin-defining fractures but these are important in determining the style of boudinage which ultimately develops. Some mechanical problems associated with the infilling of inter-boudin gaps by ductile rock matrix are discussed and two models proposed. The first, based on yielding fracture mechanics, is used to explain boudins with wedge-shaped (or otherwise nonmatching) ends. The second, a hydraulic model, is proposed to account for gaps between rectangular boudins that are filled by ductile rock matrix.     

Surge simulations for 1999 Orissa super cyclone using a finite element model

The Orissa super cyclone which crossed the Orissa coastal region near Paradip on October 29, 1999 proved to be disastrous. The strong winds, torrential rains with heavy rainfall and high storm surge associated with the cyclone caused havoc that resulted in the death of thousands of people, cattle and extensive damage to agricultural land, paddy crop, transmission lines, power supply, roads and buildings. In the present study, a fine resolution finite element model is used to simulate surges due to this super cyclone. The model results are compared with observed surges available from post-storm survey reports. Comparison of results show that they are in good agreement with the observed surges, and the finite element model can be used for real time surge forecasts.     

Calculating the effective permeability of sandstone with multiscale lattice Boltzmann/finite element simulations

The lattice Boltzmann (LB) method is an efficient technique for simulating fluid flow through individual pores of complex porous media. The ease with which the LB method handles complex boundary conditions, combined with the algorithm’s inherent parallelism, makes it an elegant approach to solving flow problems at the sub-continuum scale. However, the realities of current computational resources can limit the size and resolution of these simulations. A major research focus is developing methodologies for upscaling microscale techniques for use in macroscale problems of engineering interest. In this paper, we propose a hybrid, multiscale framework for simulating diffusion through porous media. We use the finite element (FE) method to solve the continuum boundary-value problem at the macroscale. Each finite element is treated as a sub-cell and assigned permeabilities calculated from subcontinuum simulations using the LB method. This framework allows us to efficiently find a macroscale solution while still maintaining information about microscale heterogeneities. As input to these simulations, we use synchrotron-computed 3D microtomographic images of a sandstone, with sample resolution of 3.34 μm. We discuss the predictive ability of these simulations, as well as implementation issues. We also quantify the lower limit of the continuum (Darcy) scale, as well as identify the optimal representative elementary volume for the hybrid LB–FE simulations.