Postdoctoral Fellows
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Numerical modeling of fractured reservoirs, including: (projection-based) embedded discrete fracture model, discrete fracture model, and meshfree discrete fracture model.
Study of reservoir numerical simulation methods, including: classical FV, meshless extended finite volume method, mimetic finite difference method, discontinuous Galerkin method, Green element method, and streamline-based method.1. A meshless numerical modeling method for fractured reservoirs based on extended finite volume method
X. Rao, H. Zhao, Y. Liu
SPE Journal, 27(06), 3525-3564. (2022)
2. A novel meshless method based on the virtual construction of node control domains for porous flow problems
X. Rao, H. Zhao, Y. Liu
Engineering with Computers, 1-41. (2023)
3. An upwind generalized finite difference method for meshless solution of two-phase porous flow equations
X. Rao, Y. Liu, H., Zhao
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 137, 105-118. (2022)
4. A modified projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM) for practical and accurate numerical simulation of fractured reservoir
X. Rao, L. Cheng, R. Cao, P. Jia, H. Liu, X. Du
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 187, 106852, (2020)
5. A numerical modelling method of fractured reservoirs with embedded meshes and topological fracture projection configurations
X. Rao, Y. Liu
Comput Model Eng Sci, 131(1), 1-27. (2022)Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China, 2020
B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China, 2016July, 2020- December, 2022: Assistant professor, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China
December, 2022- February, 2023: Associate professor, Yangtze University, Wuhan, ChinaAli I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)