Integrating the thermass flow simulator into gOcad
Jean-Charles Voillemont and Jean-Jacques Royer. ( 2001 )
in: 21st GOCAD MEETING, Nancy
Abstract
Thermass is a flow simulator written in C using G°CAD 3D objects as a support for geometry and
properties. It solves a set of 3D Partial Differential Equations (PDE) using finite elements methods and
can be used in a number of problems encountered in numerical geology. It has been interfaced as a
plugin in G°CAD. The step of integration is described in this paper including several cases studies such
as modelling an incompressible single phase fluid flow in a sandstone channel geobody meandering into
clastic clay sediments. A special interfaced has been developed to upscale tensorial properties on a coarse
grid block from a scalar heterogenous fine SGrid. Compared to other methods, this upscaling gives good
results in particular, it respects the anisotropy and the tensorial property of the medium.
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@inproceedings{RUNKJRM9,
abstract = { Thermass is a flow simulator written in C using G°CAD 3D objects as a support for geometry and
properties. It solves a set of 3D Partial Differential Equations (PDE) using finite elements methods and
can be used in a number of problems encountered in numerical geology. It has been interfaced as a
plugin in G°CAD. The step of integration is described in this paper including several cases studies such
as modelling an incompressible single phase fluid flow in a sandstone channel geobody meandering into
clastic clay sediments. A special interfaced has been developed to upscale tensorial properties on a coarse
grid block from a scalar heterogenous fine SGrid. Compared to other methods, this upscaling gives good
results in particular, it respects the anisotropy and the tensorial property of the medium. },
author = { Voillemont, Jean-Charles AND Royer, Jean-Jacques },
booktitle = { 21st GOCAD MEETING },
chapter = { 0 },
location = { Nancy },
month = { "jun" },
title = { Integrating the thermass flow simulator into gOcad },
year = { 2001 }
}
