Numerical study of flow anisotropy within a single natural rock joint

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-58

  Giacomini, A ^a   Buzzi, O ^b   Ferrero, A M ^a   Migliazza, M ^a   Giani, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cubic law; Flow anisotropy; Micro scale; Reduced permeability; Rock joints; Roughness; Shear test

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CUBIC LAW; DARCY'S LAW; ROCK JOINTS;

ROCKS;

DARCY LAW; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROUGHNESS; SHEAR TEST;

EID: 35548990181     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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