Scale up to two-dimensional conductivity tensor for heterogenous fracture networks

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-99

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Sanderson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Fracture network; Heterogeneity; Numerical modelling; Scaling up

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; STRESSES; TENSORS;

CONDUCTIVITY TENSORS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; UPSCALING;

EID: 0032790202     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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