Numerical experiments for 3-dimensional flow analysis in a fractured rock with porous matrix

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-107

  Taniguchi, Takeo ^a   Fillion, Eric ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

3 D flow; Delaunay triangulation; Dual porosity; Finite element method; Fractured rock; Mesh generation; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

DELAUNAY TRIANGULATION; DUAL POROSITY; FINITE ELEMENT MESH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATRIX; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; STRUCTURED GRID; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; POROSITY; ROCK;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; ROCKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY;

DELAUNAY TRIANGULATION; DUAL POROSITY; FRACTURED ROCK; MESH GENERATION METHOD; POROUS MATRIX; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW ANALYSIS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURES; GROUNDWATER; ROCK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0029656425     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0309-1708(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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