Hydraulic properties of fractured rock masses with correlated fracture length and aperture

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 704-719

  Baghbanan, Alireza ^a   Jing, Lanru ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aperture distribution; Correlation; Discrete fracture network (DFN); Fracture rocks; Permeability; Representative elementary volume (REV)

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME;

ROCK MECHANICS;

CORRELATION; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MASS RESPONSE;

EID: 33847284549     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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