README.md

VPFHF: Variational Phase-Field approach to Hydraulic Fracturing

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.

License:

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}}

Installation:

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

Testing:

Some examples are included in $VFDIR/ValidationTests