Seepage analysis in a fractured rock mass: The upper reservoir of Pushihe pumped-storage power station in China

Engineering Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Li, Ping ^a   Lu, Wenxi ^a   Long, Yuqiao ^a   Yang, Zhongping ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractured rock mass; Hydraulic conductivity tensor; Leakage rate; Seepage analysis; Seepage control scenario

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; FOUNDATIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCK MECHANICS; SEEPAGE;

FRACTURED ROCK MASS; LEAKAGE RATE; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FOUNDATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SEEPAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 39549099932     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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