Fluid flow and conduction in two-dimensional fractures with rough, self-affine surfaces: A comparative study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Madadi, Mahyar ^a,b   Van Siclen, Clinton D ^c   Sahimi, Muhammad ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Fluid flow; Lattice Boltzmann simulation; Random walk; Rock fracture; Rough; Self affine surfaces

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; ROCK MECHANICS; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0344513982     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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