Thermal Conductivity of a Single Fracture

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-326

  Volik, S ^a,d   Mourzenko, V V ^a,c   Thovert, J F ^a   Adler, P M ^a,b  

^a Université de Cergy Pontoise   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^d GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Fracture; Self affine

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FRACTURE; ROCKS;

LAPLACE EQUATION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

FRACTURE; HEAT TRANSPORT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031160947     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006585510976     Document Type: Article

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