Measurement of hydraulically ineffective area on a fracture under normal stress condition

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 413-417

  Nemoto, Katsumi ^a   Oka, Hideyuki ^b   Watanabe, Noriaki ^a   Hirano, Nobuo ^a   Tsuchiya, Noriyoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Altech Cooperation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture distribution; Direct measurement; Fracture; Hydraulically ineffective area; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENSILE STRESS;

APERTURE DISTRIBUTION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULICALLY INEFFECTIVE AREA; PERMEABILITY;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745217142     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Sausse, J. (2002), Hydromechanical properties and alteration of natural fracture surfaces in the Soultz granite (Bas-Rhin, France), Tectonophys., 348, 13, 169-185.
2. Watanabe, N., N. Hirano and N. Tsuchiya (2004), Permeability measurement for Large Rock Fracture using Rubber-Confining Pressure Vessel, Proc. of 26th Annual NZ Geothermal Workshop, CD-ROM.