Iteratively Coupled Flow and Geomechanics in Fractured Poroelastic Reservoirs: A Phase Field Fracture Model

Figure 10

Pressure contours at different times. The time is shown at the top of each subplot. (a–d) Subfigures indicate the progress that the interconnected fractures become the diffusion-dominated area due to the coupling effect.

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