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Tunnel Vision Oilfield Characterization Fracture Mapping Orphaned and Abandoned Wells Tunnel Vision The location of tunnels for both humanitarian and border security objectives remains an ongoing challenge for geophysical data analysis. Exploiting the presence of metallic artifacts in the tunnel is one method by which this challenge can be met...

Licensing

HiFEM is available for free to all Sandia employees. Contact Chester "Chet" Weiss, cjweiss@sandia.gov, for access. All other users will need to have a license. If you do not already have a license, please contact ip@sandia.gov. No cost licenses are available to U.S. Government Agencies (i.e. military, government labs and/or...

Publications

Journal Articles Reports Conference Presentations Other Presentations Journal Articles Beskardes, G.D., Weiss, C.J., Chang, K.W., & Kuhlman, K.L., (2022). Finite element modeling of diffusion in fractured porous media by using hierarchical material properties. Water Resources Research 58(2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR029510 Weiss, C.J., Beskardes, G.D., MacLennan, K., Wilt, M.J., Um, E.S., & Lawton,...

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The HiFEM® Simulation Ecosystem

HiFEM® is a patented software toolkit based on a Hierarchical Finite Element Method to enable efficient, multi-physics simulation of complex systems characterized by extremes in spatial fidelity. Its main goal is to provide a common computational framework whose efficiency surpasses those of traditional finite element methods by orders of magnitude. Thus,...