Nishank Saxena

TL;DR: The goal is to explore and record the variability of the computed effective properties as a function of using different tools and workflows, and benchmarking is the topic of the two present companion papers.

TL;DR: This analysis provides the DRP community with a range of possible outcomes which can be expected depending on the solver and its setup, and falls within the ranges consistent with the relevant laboratory data.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the image segmentation threshold and image voxel size on image-computed porosity, elastic moduli, and electrical conductivity was studied.

TL;DR: A novel reference dataset is generated to quantify the impact of numerical solvers, boundary conditions, and simulation platforms on permeability of microstructures ranging from idealized pipes to digital rocks and finds that more stringent convergence criteria can improve solver accuracy but at the expense of longer computation time.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define the optimal operating envelope of the digital rock technology from the perspective of imaging and numerical simulations of transport properties, and find that at least 10 voxels are needed to sufficiently resolve pore throats for single phase fluid flow simulations.