A network modeling approach to derive unsaturated hydraulic properties of a rough-walled fracture

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-221

  Vandersteen, Katrijn ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a   Feyen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accuracy analysis; Hydraulic properties; Network modeling; Parameter analysis; Rough walled fracture

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

ROUGH-WALLED FRACTURES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; ROUGHNESS;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LIMESTONE; MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0037372247     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021150732466     Document Type: Article

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