Quantification of aperture and relations between aperture, normal stress and fluid flow for natural single rock fractures

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-281

  Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa H S W ^a   Park, Jinyong ^a   Balasingam, Pirahas ^a   Morgan, Robert ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture; Aperture anisotropy; Fluid flow; Fractals; Rock fracture

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLOW RATE; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; STRESSES;

APERTURE; ROCK FRACTURE;

ROCKS;

EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE APERTURE; HYDROMECHANICS; ROCK MECHANICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 42549152162     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-007-9163-2     Document Type: Article

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