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Pressure drawdown well tests in fractured porous media
Author(s) -
Bogdanov I. I.,
Mourzenko V. V.,
Thovert J.F.,
Adler P. M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2000wr000080
Subject(s) - interconnectivity , drawdown (hydrology) , fracture (geology) , porous medium , compressibility , geology , geotechnical engineering , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , function (biology) , representation (politics) , porosity , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , politics , aquifer , law , groundwater , political science , biology
A general three‐dimensional numerical model for single‐phase, slightly compressible flow through fractured porous media is introduced. It is based on a discrete fracture representation. Applications to the simulation of pressure drawdown well tests are presented, for complex situations where the well intercepts a random fracture network with various fracture densities and conductivities. The well pressure response can be modeled as a function of its interconnectivity with the fracture network.