A fully-coupled hydrological-mechanical-chemical model for fracture sealing and preferential opening

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-36

  Liu, Jishan ^a   Sheng, Jinchang ^a   Polak, A ^b   Elsworth, D ^c   Yasuhara, H ^c   Grader, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free face dissolution; Numerical model; Permeability; Preferential flow; Pressure dissolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FRACTURE SEALING; FREE-FACE DISSOLUTION; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PREFERENTIAL OPENING; PRESSURE DISSOLUTION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROMECHANICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROCK MECHANICS; SEALING;

EID: 27944471728     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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