Simulating downhole flow through a perforation

1. A method of testing a core sample, comprising:

determining an impedance map;

attaching a permeable sleeve to the core sample, wherein a flow impedance of each of a plurality of portions of the permeable sleeve is based on the impedance map;

flowing a fluid through the permeable sleeve and into the core sample; and

measuring a flow performance of the core sample.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the impedance map is determined based on at least one of a formation parameter, a perforation parameter, a wellbore parameter, and a core sample parameter.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the formation parameter comprises one of a rock permeability, a rock type, an overburden pressure, a formation pressure, a reservoir diameter, and a reservoir height; wherein the perforation parameter comprises one of a penetration length, a penetration shape, a penetration damage, a shot density, and a gun phasing; wherein the wellbore parameter comprises one of a wellbore diameter, a wellbore pressure, a casing thickness, a casing material, a cement thickness, and a cement type; and wherein the core sample parameter comprises one of a core sample length and a core sample diameter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein portions of the sleeve that are equal distance from an end of the core sample have the same flow impedance.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

determining an elliptical cross section based on a rock permeability; and

shaping the core sample to have the determined elliptical cross section.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least two portions of the sleeve that are equal distance from an end of the core sample have different flow impedance and wherein at least two portions of the sleeve that are at different distances from an end of the core sample have different flow impedance.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a pressure differential associated to each of the portions of the sleeve based on at least one of a formation parameter, a perforation parameter, a wellbore parameter, and a core sample parameter;

determining a flow velocity associated to each of the portions of the sleeve based on at least one of a formation parameter, a perforation parameter, a wellbore parameter, and a core sample parameter, and

wherein the impedance map is determined at least in part based on the pressure differentials associated to each of the portions of the sleeve and based on the flow velocities associated to each of the portions of the sleeve.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying a pressure transient that occurs after the core sample is perforated, where the pressure transient is modified by fluid flow into an interior of a surge device, wherein the surge device comprises a piston, an interior chamber, and a crushable spring, wherein the piston mass, the volume of the interior chamber, and the spring constant of the crushable spring are designed to produce the modified pressure transient.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the impedance map comprises a plurality of elements, and wherein an impedance of at least one element of the plurality of elements is determined as a quotient of a pressure associated with the at least one element by a pressure distribution divided by a fluid velocity associated with the at least one element by the velocity distribution.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising manufacturing the sleeve based on the impedance map.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises layers of filter paper, and wherein a number of layers at each portion of the sleeve corresponds to a flow impedance at the corresponding portion.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a ceramic material.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a filter cake formed of particle matter.