By the end of the course participants will have a good understanding of the:

1. Theory of using strain and stress information to predict fracture patterns and the response of fractures through time.
2. Relationship and classification of fractures to geological structures.
3. Documentation of conceptual models for definition of a fracture recipe.
4. Creation of static and dynamic attributes from 3-D kinematic models.
5. Characterization of fracture sets with in the fracture recipe with DFN input parameter.
6. Selection of the fractures sets for modelling.
7. Analysis of the response of pre-existing fault and fracture systems to a given stress field.
8. Validation of models through statistical analysis of fracture data.
9. Techniques and methodologies for documentation and quantifying of uncertainty in modeling.