Environmentally best practices and optmisation in hydraulic fracturing for shale gas/oil development

Project Information

BESTOFRAC

Grant agreement ID: 734370

DOI

10.3030/734370

Project closed

EC signature date 28 November 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 31 October 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 1 930 500,00

EU contribution

€ 1 669 500,00

Coordinated by

BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITAET WEIMAR
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (2)

Publications

Several papers submitted andor published in scientific journals

FRACDESP test report

Platform test report

Other (10)

Experimental input parameters

The mean value and probability distribution functions of all input parameters for thecomputational model will be provided

UQ for validation

Completion of the UQ.

Model validation

Completion of all validation simulation and transfer of the results for the UQ. The results of the UQ should be available at month 44, see WP2.

Frame of database FRACDESP

Content frame of the platform FRACDESP and standards of data

Outreach

completion of local Outreach activities as described in Annex I.

Software verification

Verication of all computational models: The open-source software will be made publicly available.

FRACDESP handbook

Handbook of the platforms to dierent levels of users

First implementation of FRACDESP

Initial implementation of data share platform

Parameter Studies

The results of the UQ for the parameter studies (see deliverables under WP1) willbe reported and made available in the database FRACDESP

Experimental results

Results of all laboratory element tests and onsite data for the validation will be made available and included in the database

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Information on websites

Information of the project is available at all websites of the partners

Youtube

Youtube videos on the outcome of the project will be available online

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (29)

Polytopal composite finite elements for modeling concrete fracture based on nonlocal damage models

Author(s): Hai D. Huynh, Phuong Tran, Xiaoying Zhuang, H. Nguyen-Xuan
Published in: Computational Mechanics, 2020, Page(s) 1257 - 1274, ISSN 0178-7675
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-020-01898-y

Non-conforming multipatches for NURBS-based finite element analysis ofhigher-order phase-field models for brittle fracture

Author(s): Khuong D.Nguyen, CharlesE.Augarde, William M.Coombs, H.Nguyen-Xuan, M.Abdel-Wahab
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2020, ISSN 0013-7944
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2020.107133

Dual-support smoothed particle hydrodynamics in solid: variational principle and implicit formulation

Author(s): Huilong Ren, Xiaoying Zhuang, Timon Rabczuk, HeHua Zhu
Published in: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Issue 108, 2019, Page(s) 15-29, ISSN 0955-7997
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2019.05.024

On the hydraulic fracturing in naturally-layered porous media using the phase field method

Author(s): Xiaoying Zhuang, Shuwei Zhou, Mao Sheng, Gengsheng Li
Published in: Engineering Geology, 2020, Page(s) 105306, ISSN 0013-7952
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105306

Forecasting damage mechanics by deep learning

Author(s): Nguyen, D.L.H., Thanh Do, D.T., Lee, J., Rabczuk, T., Nguyen-Xuan, H.
Published in: Computers, Materials and Continua, 2019, ISSN 1546-2218
Publisher: Tech Science Press
DOI: 10.32604/cmc.2019.08001

A configurational force driven cracking particle method for modelling crack propagation in 2D

Author(s): Weilong Ai, Robert E. Bird, William M. Coombs, Charles E. Augarde
Published in: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2019, Page(s) 197-208, ISSN 0955-7997
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2019.03.008

Phase field modeling of hydraulic fracture propagation in transversely isotropic poroelastic media

Author(s): Zhou, S., Zhuang, X
Published in: Acta Geotechnica, 2020, Page(s) 2599–2618, ISSN 1861-1125
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-020-00913-z

Isogeometric analysis of insoluble surfactant spreading on a thin film

Author(s): Medina, D., Valizadeh, N., Samaniego, E., Jerves, A.X., Rabczuk, T.
Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2020, Page(s) 113272, ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2020.113272

Analysis and active control of geometrically nonlinear responses of smart FG porous plates with graphene nanoplatelets reinforcement based on Bézier extraction of NURBS

Author(s): Nam V. Nguyen, Lieu B. Nguyen, Jaehong Lee, H. Nguyen-Xuan
Published in: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Issue 180, 2020, Page(s) 105692, ISSN 0020-7403
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105692

A dual-support smoothed particle hydrodynamics for weakly compressible fluid inspired by the dual-horizon peridynamics

Author(s): Huilong Ren, Xiaoying Zhuang, Timon Rabczuk
Published in: Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Issue 121 No. 2, 2019, Page(s) 353-383, ISSN 1526-1492
Publisher: Tech Science Press
DOI: 10.32604/cmes.2019.05146

Phase-field modeling of fluid-driven dynamic cracking in porous media

Author(s): Zhou, Shuwei., Zhuang, Xiaoying., Rabczuk, Timon
Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Issue 350, 2019, Page(s) 169-198, ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.03.001

Phase field modeling and computer implementation: A review

Author(s): Zhuang, X., Zhou, S., Huynh, G.D., Areias, P., Rabczuk, T.
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 262, 2022, Page(s) 108234, ISSN 0013-7944
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108234

Phase Field Characterization of Rock Fractures in Brazilian Splitting Test Specimens Containing Voids and Inclusions

Author(s): Shuwei Zhou; Xiaoying Zhuang; Jianming Zhou; and Fang Liu
Published in: International Journal of Geomechanics, 2021, Page(s) 04021006, ISSN 1532-3641
Publisher: C R C Press
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gm.1943-5622.0001930

An electro-mechanical dynamic model for flexoelectric energy harvesters

Author(s): Tran Quoc Thai, Xiaoying Zhuang & Timon Rabczuk
Published in: Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022, ISSN 0924-090X
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-022-07928-z

Phase field modelling of crack propagation, branching and coalescence in rocks

Author(s): Shuwei Zhou, Xiaoying Zhuang, Hehua Zhu, Timon Rabczuk
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Issue 96, 2018, Page(s) 174-192, ISSN 0167-8442
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2018.04.011

Dynamics of fracturing saturated porous media and self-organization of rupture

Author(s): C. Peruzzo, D.T. Cao, E. Milanese, P. Favia, F. Pesavento, F. Hussain, B.A. Schrefler
Published in: European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Issue 74, 2019, Page(s) 471-484, ISSN 0997-7538
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2018.12.004

Phase-field modeling of fracture for quasi-brittle materials

Author(s): Jacinto Ulloa, Patricio Rodríguez, Cristóbal Samaniego, Esteban Samaniego
Published in: Underground Space, Issue 4/1, 2019, Page(s) 10-21, ISSN 2467-9674
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.undsp.2018.08.002

An adaptive strategy based on conforming quadtree meshes for kinematic limit analysis

Author(s): H. Nguyen-Xuan, Hien V. Do, Khanh N. Chau
Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Issue 341, 2018, Page(s) 485-516, ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2018.06.023

A phase-field modeling approach of fracture propagation in poroelastic media

Author(s): Shuwei Zhou, Xiaoying Zhuang, Timon Rabczuk
Published in: Engineering Geology, Issue 240, 2018, Page(s) 189-203, ISSN 0013-7952
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.04.008

Phase field modeling of quasi-static and dynamic crack propagation: COMSOL implementation and case studies

Author(s): Shuwei Zhou, Timon Rabczuk, Xiaoying Zhuang
Published in: Advances in Engineering Software, Issue 122, 2018, Page(s) 31-49, ISSN 0965-9978
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2018.03.012

An extended polygonal finite element method for large deformation fracture analysis

Author(s): Hai D. Huynh, Phuong Tran, Xiaoying Zhuang, H. Nguyen-Xuan
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 209, 2019, Page(s) 344-368, ISSN 0013-7944
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.01.024

On stepwise advancement of fractures and pressure oscillations in saturated porous media

Author(s): C. Peruzzo, L. Simoni, B.A. Schrefler
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019, ISSN 0013-7944
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.05.006

Accurate configuration force evaluation via hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin finite element analysis

Author(s): Robert Bird, William M. Coombs, Stefano Giani
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019, Page(s) 106370, ISSN 0013-7944
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.02.029

Elasto-plastic large deformation analysis of multi-patch thin shells by isogeometric approach

Author(s): G.D. Huynh, X. Zhuang, H.G. Bui b, G. Meschke, H. Nguyen-Xuan
Published in: Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2020, Page(s) 103389, ISSN 0168-874X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2020.103389

Hybrid FEM and peridynamic simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in saturated porous media

Author(s): TaoNi, FrancescoPesavento, MircoZaccariotto, UgoGalvanetto,Qi-ZhiZhu,Bernhard A.Schrefler
Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2020, ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2020.113101

Crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials by fourth-order phase-field cohesive zone model

Author(s): Khuong D.Nguyen, Cuong-LeThanh, FrankVogel, H.Nguyen-Xuan, M.Abdel-Wahab
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2022, ISSN 0167-8442
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2021.103236

Numerical simulation of forerunning fracture in saturated porous solids with hybrid FEM/Peridynamic model

Author(s): TaoNi, FrancescoPesavento, MircoZaccariotto,UgoGalvanetto, Bernhard A.Schrefler
Published in: Computers and Geotechnics, 2021, ISSN 0266-352X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104024

Phase field method for quasi-static hydro-fracture in porous media under stress boundary condition considering the effect of initial stress field.

Author(s): Shuwei Zhou, Xiaoying Zhuang, Timon Rabczuk
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Issue 107, 2020, Page(s) 102523, ISSN 0167-8442
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2020.102523

Phase field modeling of brittle compressive-shear fractures in rock-like materials: A new driving force and a hybrid formulation

Author(s): Shuwei Zhou, Xiaoying Zhuang, Timon Rabczuk
Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,, 2019, Page(s) 729-752, ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.06.021