[Geoqus] Modelling faults in Abaqus

[Frank Richter]

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Am 2017-12-26 08:29, schrieb Majid Taghipour:
> Hi everyone,
> Merry Christmas!
> 
> I am Majid Taghiour, a PhD Candidate of engineering geology at
> Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. My thesis is about modeling the
> fault reactivation due to gas injection in one of the Iranian oil
> fields in southwestern Iran. The geologic framework model is simulated
> by Petrel software.
> I am trying to model this geologic framework (oil field) including 4
> normal faults in Abaqus. I have some questions and I would be really
> thankful to anyone who help me.
> 1) My main question is that how can I model a fault in Abaqus (both 2D
> and 3D)? (Is there any step by step guideline or flowchart to do so?)
> 2) What are the best describing contact properties (e.g tangent and
> normal behaviors) for a normal fault? (I also want to use slip
> weakening model but I don't how!)
> 3) Is it possible to import the original model geometry from Petrel to
> Abaqus?
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Majid
> 
> --
> 
> Majid Taghipour
> Ph.D. Candidate of Engineering Geology
> Department of Geology,
> Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
> 
> Tel: +98939431371
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