Size effect in flow conductance of a closed small-scale hydraulic fracture in granite

Geothermal Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 113-138

  Matsuki, Koji ^a   Lee, Jong Jin ^a   Sakaguchi, Kiyotoshi ^a   Hayashi, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow conductance; Hydraulic fracture; Reynolds equation; Size effect; Two dimensional aperture distributions

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DARCY LAW; FLOW CONDUCTANCE; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SIZE EFFECT; SMALL SCALE HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL APERTURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

GRANITE;

FRACTURE FLOW; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0032867107     PISSN: 08905363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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