Book chapter
Modeling of gas hydrate-bearing sediments and case studies: Geomechanical aspects
The geomechanical behavior of gas hydrate-bearing sediments is strongly coupled to the other processes involved in the behavior of gas hydrates. Consequently, any reliable numerical simulation requires a proper coupling of all thermo–hydro–mechanical–chemical (THMC) processes involved with gas hydrates.
This chapter focuses on the geomechanical characteristics of gas hydrate-bearing sediments and on the methods by which they can be represented, and coupled numerically for complete THMC simulations. It presents a general, but unique, characterization of gas hydrate-bearing sediments, followed by both continuum-based and discrete-based approaches for modeling the mechanical behavior of these materials.
The continuum-based approach is then incorporated into a fully coupled THMC simulator and used for simulation of a real field gas production test.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 179-218 |
ISBN: | 1119451175 , 1119522412 , 1119522471 , 1523121610 , 1786302217 , 9781119451174 , 9781119522416 , 9781119522478 , 9781523121618 and 9781786302212 |
Types: | Book chapter |
ORCIDs: | Klar, Assaf-Avraham |