A method of determining a validated vug interpretation log for performing a reservoir fluid flow simulation is disclosed. The method including obtaining a set of well logs from a wellbore, where at least one of the set of well logs may be used as a validating resistivity log, producing an initial vug interpretation log based on at least one of the well logs, and determining a scaled resistivity log from the validating resistivity log The method further includes determining a validated vug interpretation log based, at least in part, on the scaled resistivity log and the initial vug interpretation log; and performing a reservoir fluid flow simulation based, at least in part, on the validated vug interpretation log.

A method for simulating fluid surfaces in real-time in response to user input includes detecting interactive conditions triggering insertion of a heterogeneous mesh sequence in a 3D model sequence for rendering, fetching ones of the heterogenous mesh sequence from a computer memory, inserting the successive members in corresponding representations of the 3D model sequence in a computer memory, and rendering successive video frames from the representations of the 3D model sequence each including a successive member of the heterogenous mesh sequence.

The process can include: scanning the vane ring, including creating a tri-dimensional digital model of the vane ring in an initial configuration; performing a computerized simulation of airflow across the vane ring based on the tri-dimensional digital model; identifying one or more flow discrepancy based on the computerized airflow simulation; associating a subset of one or more vanes of the set of vanes to the one or more flow discrepancy; and plastically deforming at least one vane of the subset.

An optimization method for a fuel control device structure based on additive manufacturing includes: performing a basic arrangement analysis and a selection of the fuel control device structure; performing an arrangement design of a basic component/interface feature structure according to the basic configuration structure; performing an optimization design for a flow channel structure on the basis of determining structural features of all cores, components and interfaces; performing the optimization design for an outer envelope structure on the basis of the flow channel structure; and checking a calculation and optimizing an iterative design of the fuel control device structure through a finite element tool, and determining a structural scheme of the optimal fuel control device. The optimization method gives full play to the technological advantages of additive manufacturing and determines the optimal structural arrangement and flow channel design scheme to meet the product requirements through pure forward design ideas.

A process of assembling a filling system for low volume filling of a liquid into a container is disclosed. The process includes obtaining plural liquid forwarding devices configured to provide the liquid from a reservoir to the container, and simulating operation of each of the liquid forwarding devices by numerically modelling flow patterns of the liquid when being forwarded by the liquid forwarding devices, and by determining a shear stress rate for each of the liquid forwarding devices based on the modelled flow patterns. The process further includes determining an appropriateness for each of the liquid forwarding devices by comparing operation parameters of the liquid forwarding of the liquid forwarding devices, wherein the operation parameters include the determined shear stress rates, selecting the liquid forwarding device having the highest determined appropriateness, and installing the selected liquid forwarding device into the filling system.

An optimization method for a fuel control device structure based on additive manufacturing includes: performing a basic arrangement analysis and a selection of the fuel control device structure; performing an arrangement design of a basic component/interface feature structure according to the basic configuration structure; performing an optimization design for a flow channel structure on the basis of determining structural features of all cores, components and interfaces; performing the optimization design for an outer envelope structure on the basis of the flow channel structure; and checking a calculation and optimizing an iterative design of the fuel control device structure through a finite element tool, and determining a structural scheme of the optimal fuel control device. The optimization method gives full play to the technological advantages of additive manufacturing and determines the optimal structural arrangement and flow channel design scheme to meet the product requirements through pure forward design ideas.

A method for production prediction using tracers in an oilfield system is disclosed. The method involves reading, by a computer processor, a set of subsurface field properties characterizing a field system, generating, by the computer processor, a base field model, creating, by the computer processor, a plurality of static models of the field system, running, by the computer processor, a suite of dynamic simulations to produce a plurality of tracer compositions, creating, by the computer processor, a filling envelope function based on the plurality of tracer compositions, calculating, by the computer processor, a production prediction for a measured tracer composition based on the filling envelope function, and executing, by the computer processor, a field operation based on the production prediction, wherein the field operation results in hydrocarbon being extracted from a trap reservoir.

Techniques for conducting an air flow simulation for a wind turbine include importing a file containing a digitized representation of a three-dimensional blade geometry, extracting from the file, blade constructive parameters, and calculating a low-order air flow past a wind-turbine that includes the blade, based on a Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) to determine sectional angle of attack and free-stream velocity, boundary layer transition, and acoustic noise results. The techniques also include performing air flow simulation for a given number of blade sections, and generating virtual microphone rings. The process also includes computing noise spectra at the virtual microphone rings and blending the noise spectra generated and generating synthetic noise signals from each section by inverse Fourier transform of the noise spectra and converting the noise spectra into an audio track.

A method of directed evolution for developing a membrane includes using a 3D protocol to simulate particle trajectories and determine the effect of intermolecular forces on particle capture performance during membrane filtration to determine the effectiveness of different candidate membranes in optimizing performance.

Disclosed are method and a numerical three-dimensional dam breach model that calculate the dam break hydrograph for a homogeneous or zoned soil dam along with the visualized three-dimensional dam-breaching process and removed soil graph, wherein the failure mode can be overtopping failure, wind-generated wave overtopping failure, piping failure, or static liquefaction failure; wherein the dam can be breached at one location or multiple locations; and wherein elevations of the dam's crests and bottoms and soil properties at all stations along the dam's centerline are modeled. The topographic information surrounding the dam is pulled out from USGS DEM as a domain of the outer two-dimensional Shallow Water Equations grids that controls the hydraulic boundary conditions. Clear water scouring to different soils with different construction compaction efforts are calculated using corresponding erosion formulae. Force/moment equilibrium of soil blocks is analyzed, and instable soil blocks are removed.