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Journal articles on the topic "Anisotropic heterogeneous parameters"
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Ivanov, Yuriy, and Alexey Stovas. "Upscaling in orthorhombic media: Behavior of elastic parameters in heterogeneous fractured earth." GEOPHYSICS 81, no. 3 (May 2016): C113—C126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2015-0392.1.
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A stack of horizontal homogeneous elastic arbitrary anisotropic layers in welded contact in the long-wavelength limit is equivalent to an elastic anisotropic homogeneous medium. Such a medium is characterized by an effective average description adhering to previously derived closed-form formalism. We have used this formalism to study three different inhomogeneous orthorhombic (ORT) models that could represent real geologic scenarios. We have determined that a stack of thin orthorhombic layers with arbitrary azimuths of vertical symmetry planes can be approximated by an effective orthorhombic medium. The most suitable approach for this is to minimize the misfit between the effective anisotropic medium, monoclinic in that case, and the desirable orthorhombic medium. The second model is an interbedding of VTI (transversely isotropic with a vertical symmetry axis) layers with the same layers containing vertical fractures (shales are intrinsically anisotropic and often fractured). We have derived a weak-anisotropy approximation for important P-wave processing parameters as a function of the relative amount of the fractured lithology. To accurately characterize fractures, inversion for the fracture parameters should use a priori information on the relative amount of a fractured medium. However, we have determined that the cracks’ fluid saturation can be estimated without prior knowledge of the relative amount of the fractured layer. We have used field well-log data to demonstrate how fractures can be included in the interval of interest during upscaling. Finally, the third model that we have considered is a useful representation of tilted orthorhombic medium in the case of two-way propagation of seismic waves through it. We have derived a weak anisotropy approximation for traveltime parameters of the reflected P-wave that propagates through a stack of thin beds of tilted orthorhombic symmetry. The tilt of symmetry planes in an orthorhombic medium significantly affects the kinematics of the reflected P-wave and should be properly accounted for to avoid mispositioning of geologic structures in seismic imaging.
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Ruan, Huai Ning, Di Wang, and J. W. Ju. "A Failure Model for Heterogeneous Nonlinear Anisotropic Geomaterials." Advanced Materials Research 594-597 (November 2012): 472–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.594-597.472.
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In designing earth structures, various kinds of complex soils and rocks are constantly encountered. These geomaterials exhibit heterogeneous, nonlinear, and anisotropic behavior. A failure criterion for such complicated materials is proposed. This model is highly comprehensive. It characterizes heterogeneity, nonlinearity, and anisotropy simultaneously in one equation. Many classical failure criteria employed in geomechanics and plasticity are its special cases. The material parameters in the proposed criterion may be determined from tests of unconfined compression, uniaxial tension, biaxial compression, and direct shear. The case study illustrates the potential of the proposed model in engineering application.
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Lubkov, M., and O. Zaharchuk. "MODELING OF DISPLACEMENT PROCESSES IN HETEROGENEOUS ANISOTROPIC GAS RESERVOIRS." Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geology, no. 2 (93) (2021): 94–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2713.93.11.
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Nowadays there are important problems of increasing efficiency of development and exploitation of gas deposits. There are problems associated with the growth of gas production in heterogeneous anisotropic reservoirs, increasing gas recovery, achieving economic efficiency and so on. In this situation, there are popular methods of computer modeling of gas productive reservoirs, because they allow getting information of the structure and characteristics of the gas reservoir, the distribution parameters of permeability and other important factors in it. They also allow evaluating and calculating uncertainty arising from the lack of information about the gas reservoir properties outside the well. Currently there are many methods of computer modeling, allowing solving various practical problems. From another hand there are some problems related to the accuracy and adequacy of simulation of heterogeneous anisotropic permeable collector systems in real conditions of gas deposits exploitation. On the base of combined finite-element-difference method for solving the nonstationary anisotropic piezoconductivity Lebenson problem, with calculating of heterogeneous distribution of permeable characteristics of the gas reservoir, we carried out modeling of filtration processes between production and injection wells. The results of computer modeling show that intensity of the filtration process between production and injection wells depends essentially on their location both in a shifting-isotropic and anisotropic gas reservoir. Therefore, for the effective using of poorly permeable shifting-isotropic gas-bearing reservoirs, it is necessary to place production and injection wells along the main anisotropy axes of the gas-bearing layers. At the placing production and injection well systems in low-permeable anisotropic reservoirs of a gas field, the most effective exchange between them will take place when the direction of increased permeability of the reservoirs coincides with the direction of the location of the wells. Obviously, the best conditions for gas production processes in any practical case can be achieved due to optimal selection of all anisotropic filtration parameters of the gas reservoir. One can use obtained results for practical geophysical works with a purpose optimizing of gas production activity in low-permeable heterogeneous anisotropic reservoirs. Presented method for more detailed investigation of low-permeable heterogeneous anisotropic gas-bearing deposits can be used.
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Lubkov, M. V. "Application of the finite element-differences method for modeling of anisotropic filtration processes." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Series: Physics and Mathematics, no. 3 (2021): 63–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1812-5409.2021/3.10.
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We consider modeling and geophysical interpretation of the obtained results in the oil and gas production problems in anisotropic reservoirs. For solving these practical problems, we use combined finite element-differences method of resolving anisotropic piezoconductivity problem with calculation of heterogeneous filtration parameters distribution of oil and gas productive reservoirs and oil-gas penetration conditions in the borders of investigating areas. We have defined that the anisotropy of oil and gas permeability in the far zone of the well has a greater effect on the filtration processes around the well and, accordingly, on the producing of the raw materials than the anisotropy of permeability in the near zone of the well. We have shown that the intensity of filtration processes in anisotropic reservoirs near the acting well depends significantly on the shear permeability and to a lesser extent on the axial permeability of the corresponding phase. Therefore, for the effective using of anisotropic reservoirs, it is necessary to place production wells in local areas with relatively low anisotropy of permeability of the reservoir, especially to avoid places with shear anisotropy.
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Ward, Andy L., Z. Fred Zhang, and Glendon W. Gee. "Upscaling unsaturated hydraulic parameters for flow through heterogeneous anisotropic sediments." Advances in Water Resources 29, no. 2 (February 2006): 268–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.02.013.
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Lin, Hsien-Tsung, Yih-Chi Tan, Chu-Hui Chen, Hwa-Lung Yu, Shih-Ching Wu, and Kai-Yuan Ke. "Estimation of effective hydrogeological parameters in heterogeneous and anisotropic aquifers." Journal of Hydrology 389, no. 1-2 (July 2010): 57–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.021.
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B.N., Priyanka, and M. S. Mohan Kumar. "Three-Dimensional Modelling of Heterogeneous Coastal Aquifer: Upscaling from Local Scale." Water 11, no. 3 (February 27, 2019): 421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11030421.
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The aquifer heterogeneity is often simplified while conceptualizing numerical model due to lack of field data. Conducting field measurements to estimate all the parameters at the aquifer scale may not be feasible. Therefore, it is essential to determine the most significant parameters which require field characterization. For this purpose, the sensitivity analysis is performed on aquifer parameters, viz., anisotropic hydraulic conductivity, effective porosity and longitudinal dispersivity. The results of the sensitivity index and root mean square deviation indicated, that the longitudinal dispersivity and anisotropic hydraulic conductivity are the sensitive aquifer parameters to evaluate seawater intrusion in the study area. The sensitive parameters are further characterized at discrete points or at local scale by using regression analysis. The longitudinal dispersivity is estimated at discrete well points based on Xu and Eckstein regression formula. The anisotropic hydraulic conductivity is estimated based on established regression relationship between hydraulic conductivity and electrical resistivity with R2 of 0.924. The estimated hydraulic conductivity in x and y-direction are upscaled by considering the heterogeneous medium as statistically homogeneous at each layer. The upscaled model output is compared with the transversely isotropic model output. The bias error and root mean square error indicated that the upscaled model performed better than the transversely isotropic model. Thus, this investigation demonstrates the necessity of considering spatial heterogeneous parameters for effective modelling of the seawater intrusion in a layered coastal aquifer.
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Golikov, Pavel, and Alexey Stovas. "Traveltime parameters in tilted transversely isotropic media." GEOPHYSICS 77, no. 6 (November 1, 2012): C43—C55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0457.1.
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Traveltime parameters define the coefficients of the Taylor series for traveltime or traveltime squared as a function of offset. These parameters provide an efficient tool for analyzing the effect of the medium parameters for short- and long-offset reflection moveouts. We derive the exact equations for one-way and two-way traveltime parameters in a homogeneous transversely isotropic medium with the tilted symmetry axis (TTI). It is shown that most of the one-way traveltime parameters in TTI differ from the two-way traveltime parameters, and we observe strong dependence of all traveltime parameters on tilt. The equations for traveltime parameters are extended to a vertically heterogeneous TTI medium, and weak-anisotropy and weak-anellipticity approximations are considered. We also apply the exact and approximate equations to invert the traveltime parameters into the model parameters for different acquisition setups. Using the traveltime parameters in a weak-anisotropy approximation, our tests show that an analytical inversion is not applicable, whereas the numerical inversion with exact equations yields a good accuracy for strongly anisotropic models.
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Yan, Jia, and Paul Sava. "Elastic wave-mode separation for VTI media." GEOPHYSICS 74, no. 5 (September 2009): WB19—WB32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.3184014.
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Elastic wave propagation in anisotropic media is well represented by elastic wave equations. Modeling based on elastic wave equations characterizes both kinematics and dynamics correctly. However, because P- and S-modes are both propagated using elastic wave equations, there is a need to separate P- and S-modes to efficiently apply single-mode processing tools. In isotropic media, wave modes are usually separated using Helmholtz decomposition. However, Helmholtz decomposition using conventional divergence and curl operators in anisotropic media does not give satisfactory results and leaves the different wave modes only partially separated. The separation of anisotropic wavefields requires more sophisticated operators that depend on local material parameters. Anisotropic wavefield-separation operators are constructed using the polarization vectors evaluated at each point of the medium by solving the Christoffel equation for local medium parameters. These polarization vectors can be represented in the space domain as localized filtering operators, which resemble conventional derivative operators. The spatially variable pseudo-derivative operators perform well in heterogeneous VTI media even at places of rapid velocity/density variation. Synthetic results indicate that the operators can be used to separate wavefields for VTI media with an arbitrary degree of anisotropy.
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Zhou, Bing, and Stewart Greenhalgh. "On the computation of the Fréchet derivatives for seismic waveform inversion in 3D general anisotropic, heterogeneous media." GEOPHYSICS 74, no. 5 (September 2009): WB153—WB163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.3123766.
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We present a perturbation method and a matrix method for formulating the explicit Fréchet derivatives for seismic body-wave waveform inversion in 3D general anisotropic, heterogeneous media. Theoretically, the two methods yield the same explicit formula valid for any class of anisotropy and are completely equivalent if the model parameterization in the inversion is the same as that used in the discretization scheme (unstructured or structured mesh) for forward modeling. Explicit formulas allow various model parameterization schemes that try to match the resolution capability of the data and possibly reduce the dimensions of the Jacobian matrix. Based on the general expressions, relevant formulas for isotropic and 2.5D and 3D tilted transversely isotropic (TTI) media are derived. Two computational schemes, constant-point and constant-block parameterization, offer effective and efficient means of forming the Jacobian matrix from the explicit Fréchet derivatives. The sensitivity patterns of the displacement vector to the independent model parameters in a weakly anisotropic medium clearly convey the imaging capability possible with seismic waveform inversion in such an anisotropic medium.
Book chapters on the topic "Anisotropic heterogeneous parameters"
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Yuzevych, Volodymyr, and Bohdan Koman. "MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELING OF INTERPHASE INTERACTION IN HETEROGENEOUS SOLID STRUCTURES." In Theoretical and practical aspects of the development of modern scientific research. Publishing House “Baltija Publishing”, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-195-4-14.
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The aim of this work was to develop a mathematical model and computer modelling of interphase interaction, mechanical stresses and adhesion mechanisms between mechanically inhomogeneous media (different phases). Methodology. For the system "metal – dielectric" we use a macroscopic approach, which corresponds to the ratio of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and physics of solid surfaces. Let’s consider the system of equations and boundary conditions for describing the change of energy parameters (σh, γ), which characterize the thermodynamic state of the system of contacting bodies. Method for calculating the main energy parameters (interfacial energy – γm, interfacial tension – σm, work of adhesion – Aadand energy of adhesive bonds – γad) in complex solid-state structures containing boundary phases is proposed. Based on the basic equations of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and surface physics a mathematical model of the interphase boundary is designed. A comparative analysis of the features of interphase interaction in the systems "metal-metal", "metal-semiconductor" and "metal-dielectric" on the example of interacting systems "Cu – Zn", "Cu – Si" and "Cu – quartz". It is established that the most sensitive parameter in the analysis of interphase interactions is the interphase energy γm.A model of mechanical stress formation in the "condensate-substrate" system is proposed. In particular, internal stresses in metal condensates are caused by changes in the value of interphase energy parameters (primarily interfacial tension) in the substrate-nanocondensate system and due to phase-forming processes accompanied by changes in surface energy in the condensate volume during its formation. The resulting internal stresses in metal condensates are an integral result of the action of statistically distributed on the plane of the film local stresses. Such phenomena are due to the anisotropy of the energy parameters of the interphase interaction in the condensate plane. Behavior analysis of energy and adhesion parameters can be used to predict the results of interphase interaction in order to select contact pairs to create thermodynamically stable structures with predicted values of energy parameters of interphase interaction, a certain type of chemical bond and a given level of mechanical stresses.
Conference papers on the topic "Anisotropic heterogeneous parameters"
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Zhao, Xuefeng, Madhavan L. Raghavan, and Jia Lu. "Identifying the Distribution of Heterogeneous Anisotropic Elastic Properties in Cerebral Aneurysms." In ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/sbc2009-206659.
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Cerebral aneurysms are focal dilatations of the intracranial arterial wall, whose rupture risk is likely related to pressure induced wall stress. Fundamental to stress and strain prediction in aneurysms is the constitutive behavior of wall tissue. However, delineating the constitutive equation of aneurismal tissue, in particular, experimental determination of the material parameters, presents some significant challenges due to the nonlinear, anisotropic and heterogeneous nature of the aneurysmal tissue.
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HENRIQUES, J. "On the inverse identification of sheet metal mechanical behaviour using a heterogeneous Arcan virtual experiment." In Material Forming. Materials Research Forum LLC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644902479-124.
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Abstract. Modelling and simulation are critical stages of product development in modern industry. Simulation tools in solid mechanics use constitutive models and their parameters to describe the behaviour of materials. Nowadays, with the use of heterogeneous test configurations and full-field measurements, it is possible to measure a combination of multiple strain states, allowing for the identification of multiple parameters from a single test with reduced cost and time. This work aims to investigate the potential for obtaining heterogeneous states of strain\stress with the Arcan test configuration. A finite element model was developed using a specimen with a smooth arc section in which the loading and material directions varied, producing tensile, shear, or mixed mode responses. The most heterogeneous test configuration was selected using a heterogeneous criterion and the numerical results were used to generate synthetic speckle pattern images and further processed by digital image correlation (DIC). The DIC results were used as input for the identification procedure through the virtual fields method (VFM) for the simultaneous calibration of the Swift hardening law and the Hill'48 anisotropic yield criterion. The identified solution was compared with the ground truth material parameters. The results show the potential of combining the Arcan test with the VFM to simultaneously identify material parameters for anisotropic plasticity models of sheet metals.
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Batarseh, Sameeh, Damian San Roman Alerigi, Abdullah Al Harith, and Wisam Assiri. "Thermal Effect on Formation Stability Due to Heterogeneity." In SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/204663-ms.
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Abstract This study evaluates physical and chemical changes induced by high thermal gradients on the formation and their impact to the stability. The heat sources that effect the formation’s stability are varied, including drilling (due to drilling bit friction), perforation, electromagnetic heating (laser or microwave), and thermal recovery or stimulation (steam, resistive heating, combustion, microwave, etc.). This study uses an integrated approach to characterize rock heterogeneity and mapping heat propagation from different heat sources. The information obtained from the study is vital to accurately design and enhance well completion and stimulation This is an integrated analysis approach combining different advanced characterization and visualization techniques to map heat propagation in the formation. Advanced statistical analysis is also used to determine the key parameters and build fundamental prediction algorithms. Characterization on the samples was performed before, during, and after the exposure to thermal sources; it comprised thin-section, high speed infrared thermography (IR), differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analyzer (DTA/TGA), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), uniaxial stress, and autoscan (provide hardness, composition, velocity, and spectral absorption). The results are integrated, and machine learning is used to derive a predictive algorithm of heat propagation and mapping in the formation with reference to the key formation variables and heterogeneity distribution. Rock heterogeneity affects the rate and patterns of heat propagation into the formation. Within the rock sample, minerals, laminations, and cementations lead to a heterogeneous, and sometimes anisotropic, distribution of thermal properties (thermal conductivity, heat capacity, diffusivity, etc.). These properties are also affected by the rock structure (porosity, micro-cracks, and fractures) and saturation distribution. The results showed the impact of heat on the mechanical properties of the rocks are due to clays dehydration, mineral dissociations, and micro cracks. High speed thermal imaging provides a unique visualization of heat propagation in heterogeneous rocks. Statistical analysis identified key parameters and their impact on thermal propagation; the output was used to build a machine learning algorithm to predict heat distributions in core samples and near-wellbore. Characterizing rock properties and understanding how heterogeneity modifies heat propagation in rocks enables the design of optimal completion and stimulation strategies. This paper discusses how advanced characterization and analysis, combined with novel algorithms, can improve this understanding, and unleash innovation and optimization. The data and information gathered are critical to develop numerical models for field-scale applications.
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Yu, Wenbin. "A Variational-Asymptotic Cell Method for Periodically Heterogeneous Materials." In ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-79611.
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A new cell method, variational-asymptotic cell method (VACM), is developed to homogenize periodically heterogenous anisotropic materials based on the variational asymptotic method. The variational asymptotic method is a mathematical technique to synthesize both merits of variational methods and asymptotic methods by carrying out the asymptotic expansion of the functional governing the physical problem. Taking advantage of the small parameter (the periodicity in this case) inherent in the heterogenous solids, we can use the variational asymptotic method to systematically obtain the effective material properties. The main advantages of VACM are that: a) it does not rely on ad hoc assumptions; b) it has the same rigor as mathematical homogenization theories; c) its numerical implementation is straightforward because of its variational nature; d) it can calculate different material properties in different directions simultaneously without multiple analyses. To illustrate the application of VACM, a binary composite with two orthotropic layers are studied analytically, and a closed-form solution is given for effective stiffness matrix and the corresponding effective engineering constants. It is shown that VACM can reproduce the results of a mathematical homogenization theory.
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Widdowson, Denise, Anil Erol, Dashiell Papula, Zoubeida Ounaies, and Paris von Lockette. "Multi-Objective Optimization of Predicted Magnetic Properties From Multifield Processing Conditions in Polymer Matrix Particle Composites." In ASME 2022 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/smasis2022-91175.
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Abstract Additive manufacturing, no longer reserved exclusively for prototyping components, can create parts with complex geometries and locally tailored properties. For example, multiple homogenous material sources can be used in different regions of a print or be mixed during printing to define properties locally. Additionally, heterogeneous composites provide an opportunity for another level of tuning properties through processing. For example, within particulate-filled polymer matrix composites before curing, the presence of an applied electric and/or magnetic fields can reorient filler particles and form hierarchical structures depending on the fields applied. Control of particle organization is important because effective material properties are highly dependent on the distribution of filler material within composites once cured. While previous work in homogenization and effective medium theories have determined properties based upon ideal analytic distributions of particle orientations and spatial location, this work expands upon these methods generating discrete distributions from quasi-Monte Carlo simulations of the electromagnetic processing event. Results of simulations provide predicted microarchitectures from which effective properties are determined via computational homogenization. These particle dynamics simulations account for dielectric and magnetic forces and torques in addition to hydrodynamic forces and hard particle separation. As such, the distributions generated are processing field dependent. The effective properties for a composite represented by this distribution are determined via computational homogenization using finite element analysis (FEA). This provides a path from constituents, through processing parameters to effective material properties. In this work, we use these simulations in conjunction with a multi-objective optimization scheme to resolve the relationships between processing conditions and effective properties, to inform field-assisted additive manufacturing processes. The constituent set providing the largest range of properties can be found using optimization techniques applied to the aforementioned simulation framework. This key information provides a recipe for tailoring properties for additive manufacturing design and production. For example, our simulation results show that stiffness for a 10% filler volume fraction can increase by 34% when aligned by an electric field as compared to a randomly distributed composite. The stiffness of this aligned sample is also 29% higher in the direction of the alignment than perpendicular to it, which only differs by 5% from the random case [1]. Understanding this behavior and accurately predicting composite properties is key to producing field processed composites and prints. Material property predictions compare favorably to effective medium theory and experimentation with trends in elastic and magnetic effective properties demonstrating the same anisotropic behavior as a result of applied field processing. This work will address the high computational expense of physics simulation based objective functions by using efficient algorithms and data structures. We will present an optimization framework using nested gradient searches for micro barium hexaferrite particles in a PDMS matrix, optimizing on composite magnetization to determine the volume fraction of filler that will provide the largest range of properties by varying the applied electric and magnetic fields.
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Lu, Lu, Erina Baynojir Joyee, and Yayue Pan. "Investigation of the Correlation Between Micro-Scale Particle Distribution in 3D Printing and Macroscopic Composite Performance." In ASME 2017 12th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference collocated with the JSME/ASME 2017 6th International Conference on Materials and Processing. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2017-3074.
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To date, various multi-material and multi-functional Additive Manufacturing technologies have been developed for the production of multi-functional smart structures. Those technologies are capable of controlling the local distributions of materials, hence achieving gradient or heterogeneous properties and functions. Such multi-material and multi-functional manufacturing capability opens up new applications in many fields. However, it is still largely unknown that how to design the localized material distribution to achieve the desired product properties and functionalities. To address this challenge, the correlation between the micro-scale material distribution and the macroscopic composite performance needs to be established. In our previous work, a novel Magnetic-field-assisted Stereolithography (M-PSL) process has been developed, for fabricating magnetic particle-polymer composites. Hence, in this work, we focus on the study of magnetic-field-responsive particle-polymer composite design, with the aim of developing some guidelines for predicting the magnetic-field-responsive properties of the composite fabricated by M-PSL process. Micro-scale particle distribution parameters, including particle loading fraction, particle magnetization, and distribution patterns, are investigated. Their influences on the properties of particle-polymer liquid suspensions, and the properties of the 3D printed composites, are characterized. By utilizing the magnetic anisotropy properties of the printed composites, different motions of the printed parts could be triggered at different relative positions under the applied magnetic field. Physical models are established, to predict the particle-polymer liquid suspension properties and the trigger conditions of fabricated parts. Experiments are performed to verify the physical models. The predicted results agree well with the experimental measurements, indicating the effectiveness of predicting the macroscopic composite performance using micro-scale distribution data, and the feasibility of using the physical models for guiding the multi-material and multi-functional composite design.
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Alrafeek, Saif, James R. Jastifer, and Peter A. Gustafson. "A Stochastic Finite Element Method for Simulating Trabecular Bone." In ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2018-87869.
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Background: Although trabecular bone is highly porous heterogeneous composite, most studies use homogenized continuum finite element (FE) approaches to model trabecular bone. Such models neglect the porous nature of the tissue. When microstructural models are desired, the use of continuum elements may require costly CT/MRI imaging and detailed meshing. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate an approach that simulates trabecular bone with less dependency on medical images while capturing of porosity. Methods: A stochastic structural FE model was created representing the trabecular micro-architecture as beam elements. Beam orientation, length and connectivity were stochastically determined by random placement of nodes and meshing the resulting Voronoi diagram. Boundary conditions were applied on the structure to attain normalized axial and shear strain. Also, apparent mechanical properties, apparent densities and anisotropy ratio’s were calculated from the model output. Results: The number of generated nodes within the model and cross sectional area of the random beams were observed as parameters that affect model outcome. Trabecular bone apparent density was found highly correlated to beams cross sectional area rather than the generated number of nodes. Similarly, Young’s moduli and shear moduli were dependent on beams cross sectional area. For example, a (0.015 mm2) increase in beam cross section area can produce (175 MPa, 30 MPa and 0.55 g/cm3) increases in Young’s moduli, shear moduli and apparent density, respectively. Clinical Relevance: The proposed finite element technique provides a stochastically accurate structural representation of trabecular tissue and its reaction to applied loads. It incorporates several advantages of high fidelity methods but at lower cost and requiring only clinical imaging. Therefore, the approach may be useful for patient specific musculo-skeletal biomechanical models (e.g. osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, joint replacement and implants interface).
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Kedward, Keith T. "Composite Technology Insights That Will Enable the Next Generation Space Telescope." In ASME 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-1204.
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Abstract Opportunities for polymer matrix composites (PMC’s) in lightweight spacecraft structures and systems are already extensive and will further expand as sophisticated space communications systems applications are introduced. One specific area where the unique properties provided by carbon and graphite fiber-reinforced polymeric matrix composites are particularly attractive is in the next generation, ultra-lightweight, high precision optical instruments. In this paper the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) application will be used to illustrate the enabling features of PMC’s. Areal density is one parameter used to indicate weight trends for primary mirror structures. The State-of-the-Art (SOA) value for difraction-limited visible systems is 25–30 kg/m2. Technology developments will be described to demonstrate that areal density of less than 50% of the SOA, i.e., 10–15 kg/m2, are now feasible. One design approach that combines the most recently developed fiber and matrix systems in the form of a hybrid sandwich structure supporting an isogrid-stiffened Zerodur surface is illustrated in Figure 1. Constituents for the core structure comprise ultra-high modulus graphite fiber and cyanate ester resin matrix selected for its combination of high specific stiffness, near-zero thermal expansion properties, as well as manufacturing flexibility. Designated specific systems are M55J/954-3 and K1352U/954-3. This high specific stiffness has resulted in a preliminary design concept that provides a fundamental resonance frequency (predicted) of an acceptable 150 Hz depending on the precise arrangement of flexures as well as the projected weight saving goal. The paper will emphasize the importance of thorough technical insights in the engineering of such complex, high precision structures that are based on highly anisotropic heterogeneous systems. This precision demands very careful consideration of cyclical environmental/ temperature dependent distortional behavior and “timing” of the coefficient of thermal expansion. It will be explained that stress vs. strain, and load vs. displacement, relationships of the specific adhesive system used for bonding the Zerodur facesheet to the composite core structure, must be properly characterized over the temperature range from processing conditions to operational limits. The effects of the reflective coating applied to the mirror surface is also addressed in assessing its influence on optical performance by use of interferometric measurements at ambient and cryogenic temperatures before and after application of the coating.
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Fighera, Giorgio, Ernesto Della Rossa, Patrizia Anastasi, Mohammed Amr Aly, and Tiziano Diamanti. "Unlocking Ensemble History Matching Potential with Parallelism and Careful Data Management." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207606-ms.
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Abstract Improvements in reservoir simulation computational time thanks to GPU-based simulators and the increasing computational power of modern HPC systems, are paving the way for a massive employment of Ensemble History Matching (EHM) techniques which are intrinsically parallel. Here we present the results of a comparative study between a newly developed EHM tool that aims at leveraging the GPU parallelism, and a commercial third-party EHM software as a benchmark. Both are tested on a real case. The reservoir chosen for the comparison has a production history of 3 years with 15 wells between oil producers, and water and gas injectors. The EHM algorithm used is the Ensemble Smoother with Multiple Data Assimilations (ESMDA) and both tools have access to the same computational resources. The EHM problem was stated in the same way for both tools. The objective function considers well oil productions, water cuts, bottom-hole pressures, and gas-oil-ratios. Porosity and horizontal permeability are used as 3D grid parameters in the update algorithm, along with nine scalar parameters for anisotropy ratios, Corey exponents, and fault transmissibility multipliers. Both the presented tool and the benchmark obtained a satisfactory history match quality. The benchmark tool took around 11.2 hours to complete, while the proposed tool took only 1.5 hours. The two tools performed similar updates on the scalar parameters with only minor discrepancies. Updates on the 3D grid properties instead show significant local differences. The updated ensemble for the benchmark reached extreme values for porosity and permeability which are also distributed in a heterogeneous way. These distributions are quite unlikely in some model regions given the initial geological characterization of the reservoir. The updated ensemble for the presented tool did not reach extreme values in neither porosity nor permeability. The resulting property distributions are not so far off from the ones of the initial ensemble, therefore we can conclude that we were able to successfully update the ensemble while persevering the geological characterization of the reservoir. Analysis suggests that this discrepancy is due to the different way by which our EHM code consider inactive cells in the grid update calculations compared to the benchmark highlighting the fact that statistics including inactive cells should be carefully managed to correctly preserve the geological distribution represented in the initial ensemble. The presented EHM tool was developed from scratch to be fully parallel and to leverage on the abundantly available computational resources. Moreover, the ESMDA implementation was tweaked to improve the reservoir update by carefully managing inactive cells. A comparison against a benchmark showed that the proposed EHM tool achieved similar history match quality while improving the computation time and the geological realism of the updated ensemble.
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McClure, Mark W., Mohsen Babazadeh, Sogo Shiozawa, and Jian Huang. "Fully Coupled Hydromechanical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Three-Dimensional Discrete Fracture Networks." In SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference. SPE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/spe-173354-ms.
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Abstract We developed a hydraulic fracturing simulator that implicitly couples fluid flow with the stresses induced by fracture deformation in large, complex, three-dimensional discrete fracture networks. The simulator can describe propagation of hydraulic fractures and opening and shear stimulation of natural fractures. Fracture elements can open or slide, depending on their stress state, fluid pressure, and mechanical properties. Fracture sliding occurs in the direction of maximum resolved shear stress. Nonlinear empirical relations are used to relate normal stress, fracture opening, and fracture sliding to fracture aperture and transmissivity. Fluid leakoff is treated with a semianalytical one-dimensional leakoff model that accounts for changing pressure in the fracture over time. Fracture propagation is treated with linear elastic fracture mechanics. Non-Darcy pressure drop in the fractures due to high flow rate is simulated using Forchheimer's equation. A crossing criterion is implemented that predicts whether propagating hydraulic fractures will cross natural fractures or terminate against them, depending on orientation and stress anisotropy. Height containment of propagating hydraulic fractures between bedding layers can be modeled with a vertically heterogeneous stress field or by explicitly imposing hydraulic fracture height containment as a model assumption. The code is efficient enough to perform field-scale simulations of hydraulic fracturing with a discrete fracture network containing thousands of fractures, using only a single compute node. Limitations of the model are that all fractures must be vertical, the mechanical calculations assume a linearly elastic and homogeneous medium, proppant transport is not included, and the locations of potentially forming hydraulic fractures must be specified in advance. Simulations were performed of a single propagating hydraulic fracture with and without leakoff to validate the code against classical analytical solutions. Field-scale simulations were performed of hydraulic fracturing in a densely naturally fractured formation. The simulations demonstrate how interaction with natural fractures in the formation can help explain the high net pressures, relatively short fracture lengths, and broad regions of microseismicity that are often observed in the field during stimulation in low permeability formations, and which are not predicted by classical hydraulic fracturing models. Depending on input parameters, our simulations predicted a variety of stimulation behaviors, from long hydraulic fractures with minimal leakoff into surrounding fractures to broad regions of dense fracturing with a branching network of many natural and newly formed fractures.
Reports on the topic "Anisotropic heterogeneous parameters"
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Jury, William A., and David Russo. Characterization of Field-Scale Solute Transport in Spatially Variable Unsaturated Field Soils. United States Department of Agriculture, January 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/1994.7568772.bard.
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This report describes activity conducted in several lines of research associated with field-scale water and solute processes. A major effort was put forth developing a stochastic continuum analysis for an important class of problems involving flow of reactive and non reactive chemicals under steady unsaturated flow. The field-scale velocity covariance tensor has been derived from local soil properties and their variability, producing a large-scale description of the medium that embodies all of the local variability in a statistical sense. Special cases of anisotropic medium properties not aligned along the flow direction of spatially variable solute sorption were analysed in detail, revealing a dependence of solute spreading on subtle features of the variability of the medium, such as cross-correlations between sorption and conductivity. A novel method was developed and tested for measuring hydraulic conductivity at the scale of observation through the interpretation of a solute transport outflow curve as a stochastic-convective process. This undertaking provided a host of new K(q) relationships for existing solute experiments and also laid the foundation for future work developing a self-consistent description of flow and transport under these conditions. Numerical codes were developed for calculating K(q) functions for a variety of solute pulse outflow shapes, including lognormal, Fickian, Mobile-Immobile water, and bimodal. Testing of this new approach against conventional methodology was mixed, and agreed most closely when the assumptions of the new method were met. We conclude that this procedure offers a valuable alternative to conventional methods of measuring K(q), particularly when the application of the method is at a scale (e.g. and agricultural field) that is large compared to the common scale at which conventional K(q) devices operate. The same problem was approached from a numerical perspective, by studying the feasibility of inverting a solute outflow signal to yield the hydraulic parameters of the medium that housed the experiment. We found that the inverse problem was solvable under certain conditions, depending on the amount of noise in the signal and the degree of heterogeneity in the medium. A realistic three dimensional model of transient water and solute movement in a heterogeneous medium that contains plant roots was developed and tested. The approach taken was to generate a single realization of this complex flow event, and examine the results to see whether features were present that might be overlooked in less sophisticated model efforts. One such feature revealed is transverse dispersion, which is a critically important component in the development of macrodispersion in the longitudinal direction. The lateral mixing that was observed greatly exceeded that predicted from simpler approaches, suggesting that at least part of the important physics of the mixing process is embedded in the complexity of three dimensional flow. Another important finding was the observation that variability can produce a pseudo-kinetic behavior for solute adsorption, even when the local models used are equilibrium.