Point to point continuum percolation in two dimensions

Abstract

The outcome of the classic percolation approach is several power-law curves with some universal (critical) exponents. Here, the universality means that these power laws as well as their critical exponents, which control the global properties of a system, are independent of its details. Classic percolation considers the connectivity between two lines and two faces at opposite sides of a system in 2- and 3D problems, respectively; whereas, in practice (e.g. hydrocarbon formations), production and injection wells are represented by points (in 2D areal models) and lines (in 3D models). This study presents the results of Monte Carlo simulations of a 2D percolation model wherein the connection locations (i.e. wells) are represented by two points, called point-to-point (P2P) connectivity. The main contribution is to find the percolation threshold as well as the geometrical and dynamical critical exponents of a continuum percolation system with a P2P connection, which is closer to reality in some applications. The result shows that in comparison to classical percolation, some critical exponents definitely changes in the P2P connection.