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US 7,031,891 B2Granted
Method of modeling of faulting and fracturing in the earth
AssigneeConocoPhillips Company
InventorsAnders Malthe-Sorenssen, Thomas Walmann, Torstein Jossang, Geri Wagner, Jens Feder, Humphrey H. Hardy
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Abstract
A Graphical User Interface for displaying and manipulating a model of interconnected nodes that simulates fracturing and faulting in a subsurface volume of the earth. The model incorporates a dynamic range relaxation algorithm.
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A graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying and manipulating a model of interconnected nodes for simulating fracturing and faulting in a subsurface volume of the earth, comprising:
- (a) a first module which presents in a portion of a computer screen, a first graphical image representative of a plurality of interconnected nodes of the model;
- (b) a second module which defines material properties of the model defined by the plurality of interconnected nodes;
- (c) a third module which defines an initial deformation pattern applied to boundaries or the substrate of said plurality of interconnected nodes;
- (d) a fourth module which defines parameters of a simulation process including dynamic range relaxation algorithm for simulating a response of said model to said initial deformation pattern.
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