Experimental and numerical analysis of hydrothermal channel flow through a tensile fracture in granite

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 743-746

  Watanabe, N ^a   Tsuchiya, N ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture width; Channel flow; Hydrothermal system; Surface topology; Tensile fracture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; TENSILE TESTING; TOPOLOGY;

APERTURE WIDTH; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; TENSILE FRACTURE;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 4143114443     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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