Review of Sand Production Prediction Models

Table 3

Summary of the numerical works on sand production in the literature (Discontinuum approach).

Model	Geometry and software	Particle shape	Failure criterion of the particle	Fluid flow analysis
O’Connor et al. [77]	2D	Irregular particles	Tensile failure	2D, FE, Darcy’s law
Jensen and Preece [78]	2D, MIMES software	n-sided polygon	Tensile failure	2D, FE, Darcy’s law
Li et al. [79]	2D, PFC2D software	Circular	(i) Tensile failure; (ii) Shear failure; (iii) Compressive failure	2D, Explicit FD, Darcy’s law
Li and Holt [80]	2D, PFC2D software	Circular	(i) Tensile failure; (ii) Shear failure	2D, fluid flow networks, Darcy’s law
Cheung [81]	3D, PFC3D software	Spherical	(i) Tensile failure; (ii) Shear failure	1D, Navier-Stokes equations
Zhou et al. [82]	3D, PFC3D software	Spherical	(i) Tensile failure; (ii) Shear failure	3D, Navier-Stokes equations (CFD software)