An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh

Mark McClure
Paper published to arXiv: 1709.02493 on Mon, 11 Sep 2017.

I propose the 1D Subgrid Method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh. The method is demonstrated on linear and radial flow problems. The method has negligible computational cost and is accurate at all levels of mesh refinement.

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