A multiscale finite element method for elliptic problems in composite materials and porous media
Journal of Computational Physics
Convergence of a Nonconforming Multiscale Finite Element Method
SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
A mixed multiscale finite element method for elliptic problems with oscillating coefficients
Mathematics of Computation
Multi-scale finite-volume method for elliptic problems in subsurface flow simulation
Journal of Computational Physics
Multiscale finite-volume method for compressible multiphase flow in porous media
Journal of Computational Physics
Journal of Computational Physics
Accurate multiscale finite element methods for two-phase flow simulations
Journal of Computational Physics
Iterative multiscale finite-volume method
Journal of Computational Physics
Modeling complex wells with the multi-scale finite-volume method
Journal of Computational Physics
Journal of Computational Physics
Adaptive iterative multiscale finite volume method
Journal of Computational Physics
A mass-conservative switching algorithm for modeling fluid flow in variably saturated porous media
Journal of Computational Physics
A hierarchical fracture model for the iterative multiscale finite volume method
Journal of Computational Physics
Hybrid Multiscale Finite Volume method for two-phase flow in porous media
Journal of Computational Physics
Algebraic multiscale solver for flow in heterogeneous porous media
Journal of Computational Physics
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The multiscale finite-volume (MSFV) method was originally developed for the solution of heterogeneous elliptic problems with reduced computational cost. Recently, some extensions of this method for parabolic problems have been proposed. These extensions proved effective for many cases, however, they are neither general nor completely satisfactory. For instance, they are not suitable for correctly capturing the transient behavior described by the parabolic pressure equation. In this paper, we present a general multiscale finite-volume method for parabolic problems arising, for example, from compressible multiphase flow in porous media. Opposed to previous methods, here, the basis and correction functions are solutions of full parabolic governing equations in localized domains. At the same time, to enhance the computational efficiency of the scheme, the basis functions are kept pressure independent and do not have to be recalculated as pressure evolves. This general approach requires no additional assumptions and its good efficiency and high accuracy is demonstrated for various challenging test cases. Finally, to improve the quality of the results and also to extend the scheme for highly anisotropic heterogeneous problems, it is combined with the iterative MSFV (i-MSFV) method for parabolic problems. As one iterates, the i-MSFV solutions of compressible multiphase problems (parabolic problems) converge to the corresponding fine-scale reference solutions in the same way as demonstrated recently for incompressible cases (elliptic problems). Therefore, the proposed MSFV method can also be regarded as an efficient linear solver for parabolic problems and studies of its efficiency are presented for many test cases.