An implementation of the algorithms described in
- Chukwudozie, C. (2016). Application of the Variational Fracture Model to Hydraulic Fracturing in Poroelastic Media. PhD thesis, Louisiana State University, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering.
- Chukwudozie, C., Bourdin, B., and Yoshioka, K. (2019). A variational phase-field model for hydraulic fracturing in porous media. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng., 347:957–982.
This software is free software, distributed under the 2-clause BSD license. A copy of the license is included in the LICENSE file. We cordially ask that any published work derived from this code, or utilizing it references the software as , and the above-mentioned published works:
@article{Chukwudozie-Bourdin-EtAl-2019a,
Author = {Chukwudozie, C. and Bourdin, B. and Yoshioka, K.},
Journal = {Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng.},
Pages = {957--982},
Title = {A variational phase-field model for hydraulic fracturing in porous media},
Volume = {347},
Year = {2019}}
@phdthesis{Chukwudozie-2016a,
Address = {Craft \& Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering},
Author = {Chukwudozie, C.},
School = {Louisiana State University},
Title = {Application of the Variational Fracture Model to Hydraulic Fracturing in Poroelastic Media},
Year = {2016}}
This software requires PETSc 3.10 or later. The environment variable VFDIR
must point to the root directory of the folder. Upon executing make
, a binary VPFHF
should be buiult in $VFDIR/bin/$PETSC_ARCH
Some examples are included in $VFDIR/ValidationTests