An Algorithm for Tensor Product Approximation of Three-Dimensional Material Data for Implicit Dynamics Simulations

Abstract

In the paper, a heuristic algorithm for tensor product approximation with B-spline basis functions of three-dimensional material data is presented. The algorithm has an application as a preconditioner for implicit dynamics simulations of a non-linear flow in heterogeneous media using alternating directions method. As the simulation use-case, a non-stationary problem of liquid fossil fuels exploration with hydraulic fracturing is considered. Presented algorithm allows to approximate the permeability coefficient function as a tensor product what in turn allows for implicit simulations of the Laplacian term in the partial differential equation. In the consequence the number of time steps of the non-stationary problem can be reduced, while the numerical accuracy is preserved.