- Write an abstract for your research topic and computer script (300 words maximum).
- The abstract should be structured as follows:
(0) Title
(1) Give a broad introduction to the subject
(2) Give a more detailed (geomechanical) background
(3) What is the specific problem?
(4) What is going be your methodology to attack the problem
(5) What do you expect from solving this particular problem? What is the result going to look like?
(6) How is the result going to help your research, your company or your understanding of geomechanics?
See Nature abstract template for an exmaple on how to write an abstract for a scientific journal.
Check this guide too: “A Scrutiny of the abstract” by K. K. Landes https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/1.23050002.1.
- Your project could fall under the following general categories (all require a coding component):
(1) Original research project: you develop a new analytical or numerical geomechanical solution for a given problem. For example: “Near wellbore stresses in deviated wells: The role of elastic anisotropy". The code could solve for stresses around a well with anisotropic rock.
(2) Review project: you review a particular geomechanical topic and find where the state of the art is for a given topic. You show what looks to be accepted for most of the community and what is needed to move forward. For example: “Estimation of minimum principal stress from fracture injection tests". The code could make an automatic or guided analysis of pressure data after shut-in.
(3) Case study: you have data or measurements from a real test or project and want to analyze what happened: For example: “Analysis of breakouts in deep wellbores around the Site ZZZ in the Gulf of Mexico". The code could extend what was learned in class and apply another constitutive model.
(4) Teaching project: you create a code that solves a geomechanical problem and helps illustrate concepts: For example: “Calculation of stress paths in reservoirs due to cold fluid injection". The code should show something new, not already solved in class and be interactive .
You can do this with Jupyter notebooks and https://mybinder.org/. Three example are available at https://github.com/dnicolasespinoza/GeomechanicsJupyter (see README.md file scrolling all the way to the bottom). Another industry example is available here: shear and effective normal stress on fractures. Examples you could develop include:
- simulation of a triaxial test showing stress, strain, and deformed sample volume.
- calculating maximum injection pressure in faulted region - similar to WP2
- calculation of surface heave/subsidence from analytical solutions
- prediction of fracture spacing based on stress shadow
- horizontal stress predictor for anisotropic layered systems
- stability predictor for deviated wellbores
- poroleasticity parameter calculator for porosity filled with a fluid mixture
- drained poroelastic solutions for reservoir depletion
- simulator of stress-strain paths for elastoplastic rocks
Make sure to discuss with me your project topic before the deadline.
