Effect of shear displacement on the aperture and permeability of a rock fracture

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1051-1070

  Yeo, I W ^a   De Freitas, M H ^a   Zimmerman, R W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RADIAL FLOW; SANDSTONE; SILICONES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

REYNOLDS EQUATION; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE FLOW; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0032436945     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(98)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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