A Priori Estimates for the Solution of an Initial Boundary Value Problem of Fluid Flow through Fractured Porous Media

The paper studies a model of fluid flow in a fractured porous medium in which fractures are distributed uniformly over the volume. This model includes a nonlinear equation containing several terms with fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo of order belonging to the interval 1,2. The relevance of studying this problem is determined by its practical significance in the oil industry, since most of the world’s oil reserves are in these types of reservoirs. The uniqueness of the solution to the problem in a differential form and its dependence on the initial data and the right-hand side of the equation is proved. A numerical method is proposed based on the use of the finite difference approximation for integer and fractional time derivatives and the finite element method in the spatial direction. A change of variables is introduced to reduce the order of the fractional derivatives. Furthermore, the fractional derivative is approximated by using the L1-method. The stability and convergence of the proposed numerical method are rigorously proved. The theoretical order of convergence is confirmed by the results of numerical tests for a problem of fluid flow in fractured porous media with a known exact solution

On an Identification Problem on the Determination of the Parameters of the Dynamic System

An inverse problem is considered for the determination of the parameters, involved in the right-hand side of the system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by given initial and final conditions. The solution of the problem is reduced to the minimization of the quadratic functional, which indeed is a deviation of the value of the solution from the given values at the end points. Using the quasilinearization method a calculation method is proposed to the solution of the considered problem. The application of this method is demonstrated on the example of the determination of the hydraulic resistance in the tubes

Convergence Analysis of a Numerical Method for a Fractional Model of Fluid Flow in Fractured Porous Media

The present paper is devoted to the construction and study of numerical methods for solving an initial boundary value problem for a differential equation containing several terms with fractional time derivatives in the sense of Caputo. This equation is suitable for describing the process of fluid flow in fractured porous media under some physical assumptions, and has an important applied significance in petroleum engineering. Two different approaches to constructing numerical schemes depending on orders of the fractional derivatives are proposed. The semi-discrete and fully discrete numerical schemes for solving the problem are analyzed. The construction of a fully discrete scheme is based on applying the finite difference approximation to time derivatives and the finite element method in the spatial direction. The approximation of the fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo is carried out using the L1-method. The convergence of both numerical schemes is rigorously proved. The results of numerical tests conducted for model problems are provided to confirm the theoretical analysis. In addition, the proposed computational method is applied to study the flow of oil in a fractured porous medium within the framework of the considered model. Based on the results of the numerical tests, it was concluded that the model reproduces the characteristic features of the fluid flow process in the medium under consideration

Numerical Method for a Filtration Model Involving a Nonlinear Partial Integro-Differential Equation

In this paper, we propose an efficient numerical method for solving an initial boundary value problem for a coupled system of equations consisting of a nonlinear parabolic partial integro-differential equation and an elliptic equation with a nonlinear term. This problem has an important applied significance in petroleum engineering and finds application in modeling two-phase nonequilibrium fluid flows in a porous medium with a generalized nonequilibrium law. The construction of the numerical method is based on employing the finite element method in the spatial direction and the finite difference approximation to the time derivative. Newton’s method and the second-order approximation formula are applied for the treatment of nonlinear terms. The stability and convergence of the discrete scheme as well as the convergence of the iterative process is rigorously proven. Numerical tests are conducted to confirm the theoretical analysis. The constructed method is applied to study the two-phase nonequilibrium flow of an incompressible fluid in a porous medium. In addition, we present two examples of models allowing for prediction of the behavior of a fluid flow in a porous medium that are reduced to solving the nonlinear integro-differential equations studied in the paper

Numerical Method for a Filtration Model Involving a Nonlinear Partial Integro-Differential Equation

In this paper, we propose an efficient numerical method for solving an initial boundary value problem for a coupled system of equations consisting of a nonlinear parabolic partial integro-differential equation and an elliptic equation with a nonlinear term. This problem has an important applied significance in petroleum engineering and finds application in modeling two-phase nonequilibrium fluid flows in a porous medium with a generalized nonequilibrium law. The construction of the numerical method is based on employing the finite element method in the spatial direction and the finite difference approximation to the time derivative. Newton’s method and the second-order approximation formula are applied for the treatment of nonlinear terms. The stability and convergence of the discrete scheme as well as the convergence of the iterative process is rigorously proven. Numerical tests are conducted to confirm the theoretical analysis. The constructed method is applied to study the two-phase nonequilibrium flow of an incompressible fluid in a porous medium. In addition, we present two examples of models allowing for prediction of the behavior of a fluid flow in a porous medium that are reduced to solving the nonlinear integro-differential equations studied in the paper

On the use of the cloud platform in the work of the Scientific and Educational Cluster

The process of designing and creating an integrated distributed information system for storing digitized works of scientists of research institutes of the Almaty academic city is analyzed. The requirements for the storage of digital objects are defined; a comparative analysis of the open source software used for these purposes is carried out. The system fully provides the necessary computing resources for ongoing research and educational processes, simplifying the prospect of its further development, and allows to build an advanced IT infrastructure for managing intellectual capital, an electronic library that is intended to store all books and scientific works of the Kazakhstan Engineering Technological University and research institutes of the Almaty academic city

On the Use of the Loud Platform in the Work of the Scientific and Educational Cluster

The process of designing and creating an integrated distributed information system for storing digitized works of scientists of research institutes of the Almaty academic city is analyzed. The requirements for the storage of digital objects are defined; a comparative analysis of the open source software used for these purposes is carried out. The system fully provides the necessary computing resources for ongoing research and educational processes, simplifying the prospect of its further development, and allows to build an advanced IT infrastructure for managing intellectual capital, an electronic library that is intended to store all books and scientific works of the Kazakhstan Engineering Technological University and research institutes of the Almaty academic city