Hydraulic characteristics of rough fractures in linear flow under normal and shear load

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-318

  Lee, H S ^a   Cho, T F ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TESTING; HYDRAULICS; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SHEAR LOADS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0036799069     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-002-0028-y     Document Type: Article

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