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20192026
most citedAlgebraically stabilized Lagrange multiplier method for frictional contact mechanics with hydraulically active fractures

52 citations · 113 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

math.NA2026

A Stabilized Mortar Method for Discontinuities in Geological Media with Non-Conforming Grids

Daniele Moretto, Andrea Franceschini, Massimiliano Ferronato

Accurate numerical simulation of fault and fracture mechanics is critical for the performance and safety assessment of many subsurface systems. The discretized representation of di…

math.NA2024★ 3 cited

A novel Mortar Method Integration using Radial Basis Functions

Daniele Moretto, Andrea Franceschini, Massimiliano Ferronato

The growing availability of computational resources has significantly increased the interest of the scientific community in performing complex multi-physics and multi-domain simula…

math.NA2024

Unexpected fault activation due to underground gas storage in produced reservoirs. Part II: Definition of safe operational bandwidths

Selena Baldan, Massimiliano Ferronato, Andrea Franceschini +9

Underground gas storage is a versatile tool for managing energy resources and addressing pressing environmental concerns. While natural gas is stored in geological formations since…

math.NA2023★ 1 cited

Unexpected fault activation due to underground gas storage in produced reservoirs. Part I: Mathematical model and mechanisms

Andrea Franceschini, Claudia Zoccarato, Selena Baldan +5

Underground gas storage (UGS) is a critical technology for managing seasonal gas consumption peaks, increasingly important in the face of market uncertainties. However, safety conc…

math.NA2022★ 2 cited

Parallel Energy-Minimization Prolongation for Algebraic Multigrid

Carlo Janna, Andrea Franceschini, Jacob B. Schroder +1

Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is one of the most widely used solution techniques for linear systems of equations arising from discretized partial differential equations. The popularity…

math.NA2021★ 13 cited

A scalable preconditioning framework for stabilized contact mechanics with hydraulically active fractures

Andrea Franceschini, Laura Gazzola, Massimiliano Ferronato

A preconditioning framework for the coupled problem of frictional contact mechanics and fluid flow in the fracture network is presented. The porous medium is discretized using low-…