Fractures

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Title	Analysis Type - Features List / Utility	Model
Fracture Models
Notes on Fracture Workflow	•Overview of the representation of fractures in ParaGeo •Features and considerations on the fracture import workflow
Fract_001 Fracture Data Import, Modification and Export	Coupled HM (3D)
•FracMan File (.fab) Description •Case00 Import of the FracMan DFN for Visualisation Only •Case01 Import, Processing and Export to a New FracMan File •Case02 Import, Processing, Meshing and Export to a .geo file	•ParaGeo fracture data import/export from/to FracMan data •Export of processed DFN to new FracMan file •Export of the meshed geometry with the DFN to a .geo file	$fract_001_fig1$
Fract_002 Discrete Fracture Modelling	Coupled HM (3D)
	•Discrete fracture modelling with FracMan imported data	$fract_002_fig1$ $fract_002_fig3$
Fract_003 Modelling of Embedded Continuum Fracture	Mechanical (3D)
•Case01 Joint Normal Displacement with Bandis Model •Case02 Joint Normal Displacement with Bandis Model (Spacing 0.25m) •Case03 Joint Normal Displacement with Cyclic Loading	•Embedded continuum fracture modelling using Ubiquitous Element Fracture (UEF) approach in mechanical field •Homogenised fracture properties via compliance matrix •Bandis fracture normal stiffness model •Normal displacement loading	$fract_003_fig1$ $fract_003_case01_fig1$ $fract_003_case02_fig1$
Fract_004 Homogenisation of Flow Properties in Jointed Model	Coupled HM (3D) using ParaGeoInv
•Case01 Ubiquitous Upscaled Fracture (UUF)	•Homogenisation of flow properties (e.g. material permeability) assuming Ubiquitous Upscaled Fracture properties (UUF) approach	$fract_004_case01_fig0$
•Case02 Spatially Embedded Fracture (SEF)	•Homogenisation of flow properties (e.g. fracture permeability multiplier) using Spatially Embedded Fracture (SEF) approach	$fract_004_case02_fig0$