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A fully coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) finite element model is presented for fractured geothermal reservoirs. Fractures are modelled as surface discontinuities within a three-dimensional matrix. Non-isothermal flow through the rock matrix and fractures are defined ...

High-resolution numerical simulations give clear insights into the three-dimensional structure of thermal convection associated with black-smoker hydrothermal systems. We present a series of simulations that show that, at heat fluxes expected at mid-ocean ridge spreading axes, up ...

Realistic simulation of structurally complex reservoirs (SCR) is challenging in at least three ways: (1) geological structures must be represented and discretized accurately on vastly different length scales; (2) extreme ranges and discontinuous variations of material properti ...