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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Xinpu Shen, Stafford, TX (US);
Xiaomin HU, Missouri City, TX (US);
Xinpu Shen, Stafford, TX (US);
Xiaomin Hu, Missouri City, TX (US);
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This specification describes systems, methods, and software relating to geomechanical modeling of a subterranean region (). In some aspects, finite difference (FD) grid data () and finite element (FE) mesh data () are received. The FD grid data include FD grid node locations () and FD grid values. The FD grid values include values of a subterranean formation property for each FD grid node location. The FE mesh data include FE mesh node locations () and spatial domains () for each of the FE mesh node locations. Values of the subterranean formation property are generated for each of the FE mesh node locations. The value for a given FE mesh node location is generated based on the FD grid values for FD grid node locations within the spatial domain about the given FE mesh node location. The generated values are assigned to the FE mesh node locations of the FE mesh data () for geomechanical modeling of the subterranean region.