A numerical study on flow and transport in a rough fracture with self-affine fractal variable apertures

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 606-619

  Jeong, W ^a   Song, J ^b  

^a Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Fracture network; Nonlinear hydromechanical effect; Self affine fractal model; Single fracture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE NETWORK; NONLINEAR HYDROMECHANICAL EFFECT; SELF-AFFINE FRACTAL MODELS; SINGLE FRACTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 40149086103     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030600817290     Document Type: Article

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