Anisotropic and heterogeneous water flow in a sheared fracture as estimated in large synthetic fractures

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 401-406

  Matsuki, Koji ^a   Chida, Yusuke ^b   Sakaguchi, Kiyotoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Honda Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic flow; Connectivity; Heterogeneous flow; Shear; Synthetic fracture

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC FLOW; CONNECTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS FLOW; SYNTHETIC FRACTURE;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33745216911     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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