Conforming Delaunay triangulation of stochastically generated three dimensional discrete fracture networks: a feature rejection algorithm for meshing strategy. (English) Zbl 1305.74082

Hyman, Jeffrey D.; Gable, Carl W.; Painter, Scott L.; Makedonska, Nataliia

SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 36, No. 4, A1871-A1894 (2014).

MSC:

74S10	Finite volume methods applied to problems in solid mechanics
65N50	Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N08	Finite volume methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
74S30	Other numerical methods in solid mechanics (MSC2010)
74L10	Soil and rock mechanics
86A05	Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

Keywords:

Darcy flow; Delaunay triangulation; discrete fracture network (DFN); fractured media; mesh generation; numerical algorithm

Software:

PFLOTRAN