Fractals in Reservoir Engineering
A special issue of Fractal and Fractional (ISSN 2504-3110). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
Interests: reservoir engineering; naturally fractured reservoirs; fractals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The subdiscipline of fractals in reservoir engineering relates to a branch that incorporates fractal applications into both static and dynamic characterization, as well as fluid flow modeling, within porous media. These concepts aim to unify different uses of fractal geometry by utilizing fractal differentiation and distributions of petrophysical parameters, which include fractal parameters like fractal dimension and connectivity index in both 2D and 3D flows within porous media. The aim of this Special Issue is to continue advancing research on topics related to the theory, modeling, implementation, application, and integration of fractal concepts in reservoir engineering.
The following topics are invited for submission, including (but not limited to)
- Fractal distributions of petrophysical properties in 2D and 3D;
- New fractal parameters of petrophysical properties of fracture networks;
- Analytical solutions of fluid flow in fractal porous media in 2D and 3D;
- Numerical solutions for non-linear fluid flow in fractal systems in 2D and 3D;
- Solutions of fractal differential equations for fluid flow in 2D and 3D;
- Unified theory of fractal partial differential equations and integer partial differential equations with fractal properties;
- Connections of fractal and spatial fractional differential equations.
Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Camacho-Velazquez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fractal distributions
- fractal parameters
- petrophysical properties
- fluid flow in fractal porous media
- fractal partial differential equations
- fractional differential equations
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