Essays about: "geomechanics"

Found 2 essays containing the word geomechanics.

1. 1. A High Order Finite Difference Method for Simulating Earthquake Sequences in a Poroelastic Medium

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap

   Author : Kim Torberntsson; Vidar Stiernström; [2016]
   Keywords : numerical analysis; numerical methods; numerical modeling; SBP-SAT; finite differences; high performance computing; geophysics; geomechanics; poroelasticity; fault mechanics; induced seismicity;

   Abstract : Induced seismicity (earthquakes caused by injection or extraction of fluids in Earth's subsurface) is a major, new hazard in the United States, the Netherlands, and other countries, with vast economic consequences if not properly managed. Addressing this problem requires development of predictive simulations of how fluid-saturated solids containing frictional faults respond to fluid injection/extraction. READ MORE

3. 2. Dilemmas and learning accounts around the Traveston Dam proposal on the Mary River (South East Queensland of Australia)

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Anna Argyroudi; [2009]
   Keywords : Mary River; dam; local knowledge; emic etic account; IWRM;

   Abstract : In light of one of the longest droughts in South East Queensland's in one hundred years, the Qld Labour Government announced on April 27, 2006 its intention to dam part of the Mary River at Traveston Crossing (South East Queensland). Local Mary Valley residents oppose the dam proposal due to the dislocation of the local community in the proposed inundated area and the adverse environmental impacts as well as the inundation of primary agricultural land. READ MORE