Assessment of an equivalent porous medium for coupled stress and fluid flow in fractured rock

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 871-881

  Xiao, Y X ^a   Lee, C F ^b   Wang, S J ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coupled stress and fluid flow; Equivalent porous medium; Numerical method

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343986329     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-9062(99)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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