Development of an equivalent homogenous fluid model for pseudo-two-phase (air + water) flow through fractured rock

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 857-866

  Price, J ^a   Indraratna, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Fracture; Rocks; Triaxial tests; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MIXTURES; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COMPRESSIBLE MIXTURES; FOURIER SERIES; HOMOGENEOUS FLUID MODEL; TWO-PHASE MIXTURES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 22744448286     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:7(857)     Document Type: Article

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