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Fracture propagation in rocks during hydro-fracturing process - experiments and discrete element method coupled with fluid flow and heat transport

2018/29/B/ST8/00255

Keywords:

hydro-fracturing rock fractures discrete elements method computational fluid dynamics heat transfer

Descriptors:

  • ST8_4:
  • ST8_2:

Panel:

ST8 - Production and processes engineering: modelling, product design, process design and control, construction methods and engineering, power units and systems

Host institution :

Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej i Środowiska

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Jacek Tejchman-Konarzewski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 15 - announced on 2018-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 228 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-02-04

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-02-03

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (13)
  1. Modelling hydraulic and capillary-driven two-phase fluid flow in unsaturated concretes at the meso-scale with a unique coupled DEM-CFD technique
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, M. Nitka, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics (rok: 2023, tom: 47, strony: 23-53), Wydawca: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/nag.3459 - link to the publication
  2. A novel DEM-based pore-scale thermal-hydro-mechanical model for fractured non-saturated porous materials
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, M. Nitka, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    Acta Geotechnica (rok: 2023, tom: 18, strony: 2487–2512), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11440-022-01746-8 - link to the publication
  3. A pore-scale thermo–hydro-mechanical model for particulate systems
    Authors:
    Caulk R., Sholtès L., Krzaczek M., Chareyre B.
    Academic press:
    COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (rok: 2020, tom: 372, strony: 113292), Wydawca: Elsevier B.V.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cma.2020.113292 - link to the publication
  4. Effects of aggregate crushing and strain rate on fracture in compressive concrete with a DEM-based breakage model
    Authors:
    M. Nitka, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    Granular Matter (rok: 2025, tom: 27, strony: 45885), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10035-024-01487-3 - link to the publication
  5. Hydraulic fracturing process in rocks – small-scale simulations with a novel fully coupled DEM/CFD-based thermo-hydro-mechanical approach
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    Engineering Fracture Mechanics (rok: 2023, tom: 289, strony: 109424 (1-27)), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109424 - link to the publication
  6. Experimental investigations on water sorptivity in mortars with the use of X-ray micro-CT system
    Authors:
    Ł. Skarzynski, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    Construction and Building Materials (rok: 2024, tom: 419, strony: 135543 (1-12)), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135543 - link to the publication
  7. Comparative study of high‑pressure fluid flow in densely packed granules using a 3D CFD model in a continuous medium and a simplified 2D DEM‑CFD approach.
    Authors:
    R. Abdi, M. Krzaczek, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    GRANULAR MATTER (rok: 2021, tom: 1,01041666666667, strony: 45682), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10035-021-01179-2 - link to the publication
  8. Effect of free water on the quasi‑static compression behavior of partially‑saturated concrete with a fully coupled DEM/CFD approach
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, J. Tejchman, M. Nitka
    Academic press:
    Granular Matter (rok: 2024, tom: 1,10972222222222, strony: 45679), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10035-024-01409-3 - link to the publication
  9. Effect of gas content in macropores on hydraulic fracturing in rocks using a fully coupled DEM/CFD approach
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, M. Nitka, Jacek Tejchman
    Academic press:
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS (rok: 2020, tom: 45/2, strony: 234 - 264), Wydawca: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/nag.3160 - link to the publication
  10. Coupled DEM/CDF analysis of impact of free water on the static and dynamic response of concrete in tension regime
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, J. Tejchman, M. Nitka.
    Academic press:
    Computers and Geotechnics (rok: 2024, tom: 172, strony: 106449), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106449 - link to the publication
  11. Simulations of high-pressure fluid flow in a pre-cracked rock specimen composed of densely packed bonded spheres using a 3D CFD model and simplified 2D coupled CFD-DEM approach
    Authors:
    R, Abdi, M. Krzaczek, J. Tejchman
    Academic press:
    Powder Technology (rok: 2023, tom: 417, strony: 118238), Wydawca: Elsevier B.V.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118238 - link to the publication
  12. Application of the 3D DEM in the modelling of fractures in pre-flawed marble specimens during uniaxial compression
    Authors:
    Tomporowski D., Nitka M., Tejchman J.
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  13. Impact of free water on strain rate response of concrete in compression with a fully coupled DEM/CFD approach
    Authors:
    M. Krzaczek, J. Tejchman, M. Nitka
    Status:
    Accepted for publication