Numerical simulation of fluid-driven fracture propagation is a subject of great scientific, industrial and societal interest. A two-day workshop has been organized by the Eindhoven Multiscale Institute of the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) to be held on April 8-9, 2015. The workshop assembles several of the most prominent researchers in this exciting field to present the-state-of-the-art research, debate novel computational strategies, identify trends and challenges in industrial applications, and discuss experimental validation and verification.

Among the speakers, Dr. Andrea Lisjak will be presenting the latest advances in the field of fluid-pressure-driven fracturing simulation using the hybrid finite-discrete element method (FEMDEM). Andrea’s lecture will describe recently-developed algorithmic solutions, present simulation results highlighting interaction mechanisms between fluid-driven fractures and natural discontinuities, and discuss the generation of synthetic seismicity. Also, the most relevant research areas in the development of Geomechanica’s Irazu FEMDEM software will be introduced, including (i) the development of a fully-coupled fluid flow solver, and (ii) the adoption of high-performance-computing (HPC) techniques to reduce the computational burden of FEMDEM simulations.

The workshop program can be downloaded here . If you wish to attend, please send an email to emi@tue.nl. Registration is free of charge but the maximum number of participants is limited to 100.