High resolution modeling of aperture structure and flow path in rock fracture

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 833, Issue , 2006, Pages 173-176

  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 path; Numerical modeling; Rock fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845566460     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2207099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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