Program code | Method | Applicable stages/processes | Coupling of processes | Remarks |
SFV (Willis-Richards, 1995) | Semi-analytical | Simulation/elastic, joint stiffness | H-M, M-H | Penny-shaped crack aggregate |
FFD (Willis-Richards, 1995) | Semi-analytical | Heat extraction/hydraulic, thermal | H-T, T-H | Penny-shaped crack aggregate |
FRIP (Cundall et al., 1978; Markland, 1991) | DEM | Simulation/hydraulic, elastic, joint stiffness, heat transfer | H-M, M-H, H-T, T-M |
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Rock Flow (Kolditz, 1995a, 1995b) | FEM | Heat extraction/hydraulic, thermal | H-T, T-H |
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Vychytil and Horii (1999) | FEM | Simulation/hydraulic, elastic, joint stiffness | H-M, M-H | Micromechanics based Continuum modelling |
FEHM (Zyvoloski, 1983; Zyvoloski et al., 1998) | FEM | Heat extraction/hydraulic, thermal | H-T, T-H | Doubleporosity |
GEOTH3D (Yamamoto et al., 1995, 1996) | FDM | Heat extraction/hydraulicthermal | H-T, T-H | Porous medium, local porosity estimated from AE |
GEOCRACK (Du Teau et al., 1994; Swenson et al., 1995) | FEM | Simulation, heat extraction/hydraulic, elastic, joint stiffness | H-M, T-M, M-H, H-T, T-H | Semi-regular grid |
FRACTure (Kohl et al., 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997; Kohl and Hopkirk, 1995; Hopkirk et al., 1981; Evans et al., 1992) | FEM | Simulation, heat extraction/hydraulic, thermal, poroelastic, thermoelastic, joint stiffness | H-C | Continuum |
Watanabe and Takahashi (1995) | FDM | Heatextraction/hydraulic, htermal | H-T, T-H | Fractal length distribution |
Willis-Richards et al. (1996) | FDM | Simulation, heat extraction/hydraulic, thermal, elastic, joint stiffness | H-M, T-M, M-H, H-T, T-H | Fractal length distribution |
FRACAS (Bruel, 1993, 1995; Bruel et al., 1994; Centre d’Information Geologique, 1996) | BIM | Heat extraction/hydraulic, termal, elastic | H-T, T-H, H-M, M-H | Flow channels along stochastically generated fractures |