Relations between fracture tensor parameters and jointed rock hydraulics

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Panda, Bibhuti B ^a   Kulatilake, P H S W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TENSORS;

FRACTURE TENSOR; JOINTED ROCK HYDRAULICS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; HYDRAULICS; ROCK;

FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; ROCK;

EID: 0033000778     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1999)125:1(51)     Document Type: Article

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