This invention relates to a method for simulating the three-dimensional propagation of artificially inflated fractures. It includes: based on drilling,
logging, geological, and seismic data, completing layer division and correlation, establishing a three-dimensional stratigraphic model; using the
ant-body tracking method to identify natural fractures and faults in tight reservoirs, establishing a three-dimensional structural model of the reservoir; based on triaxial stress experimental data and combined with
logging data, establishing a reservoir
rock mechanics model, inverting the reservoir
stress field, and establishing a three-dimensional geostress model of the reservoir; based on fracturing operation data, and according to the three-dimensional structural model and the three-dimensional geostress model, establishing the equilibrium equations for the
porous medium solid skeleton and the
pore fluid continuity equations, obtaining displacement basis functions and pressure basis functions; based on
linear elasticity theory and the law of conservation of
mass, establishing the stress-viscous
fluid pressure coupling equations for elastic media, and using the
finite element solution gradient overapproximation method according to actual boundary conditions to obtain the solution of the stress-pressure
coupling equations, characterizing the three-dimensional propagation of artificially inflated fractures.