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''We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.''
Alfred Wegener
Rock mechanics
Specific rock properties like uniaxial compressive strenght (UCS), Young´s modulus, Poisson ratio, cohesion and angle of internal friction are determined by uniaxial and triaxial tests.
Photogrammetry
Photogrammetric studies allow for a rapid and reliable determination of fracture characteristics.
Finite element modeling
Geomechanical reservoir models based on the FE-method are used to model the stress perturbations in relation to the fault systems.
Discrete fracture network modeling
Discrete fracture network (DFN) models based on geostatistical assumptions are commenly used for the extrapolation of fracture properties observed in wells to the km-scale of the reservoir.
