Coupled Analysis

 

INDEX

 

 

Title

Analysis Type - Features List / Utility

Model

Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Analysis (HM)

HM_001 Introduction to Hydro-Mechanical Analysis - Uniaxial Consolidation

Coupled HM (2D)

 

 

•Coupled HM data definition

•Uniaxial consolidation (no gravity)

TM_001_geom

HM_002 Uniaxial Sedimentation using pre-existing sediment

Coupled HM (2D)

 

•Case 2 Permeability = 1E-19 m2

•Case 3 Permeability = 1E-16 m2

•Coupled HM data definition

•Uniaxial consolidation with gravity

•Various permeabilities

•Sedimentation time curve types (linear/s-curve)

HM_002_geom2

HM_003 Uniaxial Sedimentation using Eulerian Deposition

Coupled HM (2D)

 

•Case 2 Permeability = 1E-19 m2

•Uniaxial sedimentation using Eulerian deposition

•Moving Eulerian deposition surface defined using part geometry data and prescribed boundary data

•Various permeabilities

•Sedimentation time curve types (linear/s-curve)

HM_002_geom1     hm_003_Case1_00

HM_004 Uniaxial Sedimentation using Layer Deposition

Coupled HM (2D)

 

 

•Uniaxial sedimentation using layer deposition

•Stratigraphy data

•Sedimentation data

 

HM_002_geom1     hm_004_resu_00

HM_005 Uniaxial Sedimentation using Layer Deposition Followed by Tectonic Compression

Coupled HM (2D)

 

•Case 1 10% shortening at strain rate of 0.2/Ma

•Case 2 10% shortening at strain rate of 0.05/Ma

•Stage 1 uniaxial 'drape' sedimentation using layer deposition

•Stage 2 tectonic compression at various strain rates

•Restart data definition for stage 2 simulation

 

HM_clip0001                 HM_clip0002

Stage 1 - Drape sedimentation (left), Stage 2 - Tectonic compression (right)

Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Analysis (THM)

THM_001 Moving Block

Coupled THM (3D)

 

 

•Coupled THM data definition

•Contact data with heat and fluid flow across contact surfaces

THM_001_geometry     THM_001_porePressure

Geometry description (left), Pore pressure distribution due to movement of fluid sink (right)