Zhao Yu^1,2,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.6, pp. 1521-1534, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.023296 - 30 January 2023

Abstract Oil saturation is a critical parameter when designing oil field development plans. This study focuses on the change of oil saturation during water flooding. Particularly, a meter-level artificial model is used to conduct relevant experiments on the basis of similarity principles and taking into account the layer geological characteristics of the reservoir. The displacement experiment’s total recovery rate is 41.35%. The changes in the remaining oil saturation at a millimeter-scale are examined using medical spiral computer tomography principles. In all experimental stages, regions exists where the oil saturation decline is more than 10.0%. The shrinkage More >

Zhihui Xiong^*, Lei Kou, Jinjie Zhao, Hao Cui, Bo Wang

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.1, pp. 803-824, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.024833 - 05 January 2023

Abstract Serious uneven settlement of the tunnel may directly cause safety problems. At this stage, the deformation of the tunnel is predicted and analyzed mainly by numerical simulation, while the commonly used finite element method (FEM) uses low-order continuous elements. Therefore, the accuracy of tunnel settlement prediction is not enough. In this paper, a method is proposed to study the vertical deformation of the tunnel by using the combination of isogeometric analysis (IGA) and Bézier extraction operator. Compared with the traditional IGA method, this method can be easily integrated into the existing FEM framework, and ensure… More >

Ying He, Yongshuang Wen^*, Xuemei Huang, Leian Zhang, Rujun Song, Chang Li

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.2, pp. 445-459, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.022223 - 28 November 2022

Abstract In order to study the mechanical properties of the heterogeneous core plate of the wind turbine blade, a modeling method of the core plate based on displacement field variables is proposed. Firstly, the wind turbine blade core plate was modeled according to the theory of modeling heterogeneous material characteristics. Secondly, the three-point bending finite element model of the wind turbine blade core plate was solved by the display dynamic equation to obtain the deformation pattern and force-deformation relationship of the core plate. Finally, the three-point bending static test was conducted to compare with the finite More >

Longyu Zhang, Jiming Zhu^*

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 397-416, 2022, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2022.010397 - 03 January 2023

Abstract To investigate the effect of deep foundation pit excavation on the stability of retaining structure, a subway station in the city of Jinan was selected as a project, and a FLAC3D-based three dimensional model was developed for numerical simulation. The horizontal displacement of the retaining structure, the axial force of the support, and the vertical displacement of the column were studied and compared to the collected data from the field. The findings indicate that when the foundation pit is excavated, the maximum deformation of the retaining structure progressively decreases from the top, the distortion of… More >

Lei Bai^1,2, Kai Li^1,2,*, Ke Zhou³, Qingshan Wan^1,2, Pengchao Sun^1,2, Gaoming Yu³, Xiankang Xin³

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.6, pp. 1815-1826, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.020271 - 27 June 2022

Abstract The numerical simulation of polymer flooding is a complex task as this process involves complex physical and chemical reactions, and multiple sets of characteristic parameters are required to properly set the simulation. At present, such characteristic parameters are mainly obtained by empirical methods, which typically result in relatively large errors. By analyzing experimentally polymer adsorption, permeability decline, inaccessible pore volume, viscosity-concentration relationship, and rheology, in this study, a conversion equation is provided to convert the experimental data into the parameters needed for the numerical simulation. Some examples are provided to demonstrate the reliability of the More > Graphic Abstract

R. Meena^1,*, V. Thulasi Bai²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 1643-1658, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.025305 - 25 May 2022

Abstract The Covid-19 outbreak has an unprecedented effects on people's daily lives throughout the world, causing immense stress amongst individuals owing to enhanced psychological disorders like depression, stress, and anxiety. Researchers have used social media data to detect behaviour changes in individuals with depression, postpartum changes and stress detection since it reveals critical aspects of mental and emotional diseases. Considerable efforts have been made to examine the psychological health of people which have limited performance in accuracy and demand increased training time. To conquer such issues, this paper proposes an efficient depression detection framework named Improved… More >

S. M. Sivagami¹, A. Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin^2,*, R. Gayathri¹, T. Raja Vijay¹, K. Punitharani³, P. Keerthi Vasan¹, M. Meignanamoorthy⁴

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 521-536, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.018752 - 22 February 2022

Abstract A foot bracket is a metal panel bracket used to mount and support the footrest in two-wheeler systems. It holds the footrest in place while rigidly supporting it. In working conditions, this element has often been observed to fail when specific load-fluctuation conditions are established at its rear end. Appropriate materials therefore need to be identified to overcome such a recurring failure. To address these issues, the present study has been implemented with the specific objective to determine the response of selected Al6061-T6 and Al7075-T6 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites (HMMC). The results, obtained using the More >

S. Morganti¹, F. Fahrendorf², L. De Lorenzis³, J. A. Evans⁴, T. J. R. Hughes^5,* and A. Reali⁶

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.3, pp. 1125-1150, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016832 - 25 November 2021

Abstract We investigate primal and mixed u−p isogeometric collocation methods for application to nearly-incompressible isotropic elasticity. The primal method employs Navier’s equations in terms of the displacement unknowns, and the mixed method employs both displacement and pressure unknowns. As benchmarks for what might be considered acceptable accuracy, we employ constant-pressure Abaqus finite elements that are widely used in engineering applications. As a basis of comparisons, we present results for compressible elasticity. All the methods were completely satisfactory for the compressible case. However, results for low-degree primal methods exhibited displacement locking and in general deteriorated in the More >

Xing Zhang^*

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.5, pp. 1453-1467, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.015032 - 16 July 2021

Abstract Polymer has been successfully used to enhance crude oil recovery at high water cut stage. However, the application of polymer flooding is limited by the heterogeneity of reservoir. In this work, the role of polymer flooding in heterogeneous reservoir was explored by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Parallel core displacement experiments were carried out to study polymer flooding in heterogeneous formation. The results showed that the polymer flooding area was related to permeability and pore connectivity. At the end of the water flooding stage, the residual oil was not evenly distributed in porous media. The… More >

Jialiang Zhang¹, Shumei He¹, Tongjing Liu^2,*, Tianlu Ni¹, Jian Zhou^2,3, Fang Huang¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.17, No.5, pp. 931-946, 2021, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2021.015638 - 05 July 2021

Abstract During the displacement of water plugging with binary flooding in internally heterogeneous reservoirs, it is essential to understand the distributions of remaining oil as well as the oil displacement mechanisms at different stages. In this study, two types of internally heterogeneous systems, i.e., vertical and horizontal wells are investigated experimentally through a microscopic approach. The results show that plugging agent types have a greater impact on oil recovery than well types, and foam injection can enhance oil recovery more effectively than gel injection. Additionally, the injection sequence of plugging agents significantly affects oil displacement efficiency. More >