Dataset for Benchmarking and Field-Scale Simulation of Fracture Evolution Using the Discretized Virtual Internal Bond Method

This dataset contains two benchmarking cases (acid-driven fracture propagation and fracture calcite precipitation) and one field-scale case of fracture porosity evolution in the Tarim Basin (distributed as three Zip archives). All simulations were conducted using a partially self-developed Discretized Virtual Internal Bond (DVIB) code. The dataset includes three categories of data: field test data, simulation statistical data, and simulation visualization data, as described in the article ‘Numerical Simulation of Ultra-Deep Fracture Porosity Evolution under Coupled Hydraulic–Mechanical–Chemical Fields: A Discrete Virtual Internal Bond Method’.For the field test data (e.g., Figures 9, 10c, and 10d) and the simulation statistical data (e.g., Figures 3 and 6), the raw data are stored in .xls format and can be directly viewed using Microsoft Excel. For the simulation visualization data (e.g., Figures 4, 5, 7, 10a, and 10b), the raw simulation outputs are provided in .txt format. These files can be consistently converted into .dat or .fig formats using MATLAB-based data processing and plotting scripts, and subsequently visualized with either Tecplot or MATLAB software.