Macroscopic permeability of three-dimensional fracture networks with power-law size distribution

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6 2, 2004, Pages

  Mourzenko, V V ^a   Thovert, J F ^a   Adler, P M ^b  

^a LCD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FRACTURE NETWORKS; FRACTURE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE SURFACE DENSITY; MACROSCOPIC PERMEABILITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 42749102930     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.066307     Document Type: Article

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