Semianalytical solutions for fluid flow in rock joints with pressure-dependent openings

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Murphy, Hugh ^a   Huang, Cunkui ^b,d   Dash, Zora ^c   Zyvoloski, George ^c   White, Andrew ^c  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow in rock joints; Hydrodynamics; Semianalytical solutions

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS; SHOCK WAVES;

EARTH STRESS HOLDING; FLOW EQUATIONS; LINEAR DIFFUSION; PRESSURE PULSES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; JOINT; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 12544258232     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003005     Document Type: Article

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