A Method of Fundamental Solutions in Poroelasticity to Model the Stress Field in Geothermal Reservoirs

• Main Author: Augustin, Matthias Albert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Geosystems Mathematics and Computing
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Geophysics.; Partial differential equations.; Numerical analysis.; Partial Differential Equations.; Numerical Analysis.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This monograph focuses on the numerical methods needed in the context of developing a reliable simulation tool to promote the use of renewable energy. One very promising source of energy is the heat stored in the Earth’s crust, which is harnessed by so-called geothermal facilities. Scientists from f...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2. Preliminaries
• 3. Physical and Mathematical Foundation
• 4. Boundary Layer Potentials in Poroelasticity
• 5. Methods of Fundamental Solutions in Poroelasticity
• 6. Numerical Results
• 7. Conclusion and Outlook
• A. Fundamental Stresses and Fluid Velocities
• Bibliography.