Search arXiv⌕ Search
Home/Archive/arXiv

arXiv · 2608.16460

Elastic wave propagation in fractured media with spring-type and frictional contact deformation laws

Ingrid Kristine Jacobsen·Jan Martin Nordbotten·Ivar Stefansson·Barbara Wohlmuth·Inga Berre
View original source ↗Read source document ↗Export metadata ↓

Abstract

Elastic wave propagation in fractured media is relevant to applications such as analysis of seismic waves and non-destructive characterization of materials. Understanding attenuation and scattering behavior arising from wave-fracture interaction is important for interpreting observations at both field and laboratory scales. This work presents a computational framework for elastic wave propagation in fractured media based on a mixed-dimensional discrete fracture-matrix representation. Fracture deformation is governed by four models of increasing complexity, ranging from widely used spring-based formulations to fracture contact mechanics models with friction, all incorporated within a unified computational framework. Many previous studies are often restricted to simplified wave fields, single fractures or subsets of the relevant fracture deformation mechanisms. In contrast, the proposed framework enables fully coupled simulation of elastic wave propagation with fracture deformation models that account for elastic normal deformation, frictional contact and fracture opening and closure. The elastic wave equation is discretized in space using the cell-centered finite volume method Multi-Point Stress Approximation with weak symmetry and in time using the Newmark method. The spatial discretization is locally conservative and applicable to general polyhedral grids, making it well suited for media containing fractures, material heterogeneities and anisotropy. The proposed framework is verified through numerical convergence analyses and is subsequently applied to wave propagation and fracture deformation in two- and three-dimensional media containing multiple intersecting fractures.

Explore related subjects

math.NAcs.NA

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeXRIS

Ingrid Kristine Jacobsen, Jan Martin Nordbotten, Ivar Stefansson, Barbara Wohlmuth, Inga Berre. 2026-08-17. Elastic wave propagation in fractured media with spring-type and frictional contact deformation laws. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16460

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related papers

arXiv2026

Fully spectral scheme for the linear BGK equation on the whole space

In this article, we design a fully spectral method in both space and velocity for a linear inhomogeneous kinetic equation with mass, momentum and energy conservation. We focus on the linear BGK equation with a confinement potential $Φ$, even if the method could be applied to different collision operators. It is based upon the projection on Hermite polynomials in velocity and orthonormal polynomials with respect to the weight $e^{-$Φ$}$ in space. The potential $Φ$ is assumed to be a polynomial. It is, to the author's knowledge, the first scheme which preserves hypocoercive behavior in addition to the conservation laws. These different properties are illustrated numerically on both quadratic and double well potential.

math.NA↗
arXiv2026

Inverse inequalities for kernel-based approximation on bounded domains and Riemannian manifolds

This paper establishes inverse inequalities for kernel-based approximation spaces defined on bounded Lipschitz domains in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and compact Riemannian manifolds. While inverse inequalities are well-studied for polynomial spaces, their extension to kernel-based trial spaces poses significant challenges. For bounded Lipschitz domains, we extend prior Bernstein inequalities, which only apply to a limited range of Sobolev orders, to the full range of lower and upper orders, and derive Nikolskii inequalities that bound $L_\infty$ norms by $L_2$ norms. For compact Riemannian manifolds, we focus on restricted kernels, which are defined as the restriction of positive definite kernels from the ambient Euclidean space to the manifold, and prove their counterparts.

math.NA↗
arXiv2026

Error Estimates for Hyperbolic Scaling Limits of Linear Kinetic Models on Networks

This paper studies linear discrete kinetic models on networks and their asymptotic behavior in the small Knudsen number limit. For coupling conditions at an n-edge junction under a symmetric formulation, we introduce a change of variables that reformulates the system into n independent initial-boundary value problems. The asymptotic expansions are then constructed and rigorously justified by deriving an error estimate based on the energy method.

math.NA↗