Numerical estimation of aperture structure and flow wetted field in rock fracture

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 431-436

  Watanabe, N ^a   Hirano, N ^a   Tamagawa, T ^b   Tezuka, K ^b   Tsuchiya, N ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture structure; Channeling flow; Flow field; Numerical estimation; Rock fracture

Indexed keywords

APERTURE STRUCTURE; CHANNELING FLOW; FLOW FIELD; ROCK FRACTURE;

ESTIMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745192285     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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