Influence of mechanical damage on fluid flow patterns investigated using CT scanning imaging and acoustic emissions techniques

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  David, Christian ^a   Menéndez, Beatriz ^a   Mengus, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SCANNING; WATER ANALYSIS;

BENTHEIM SANDSTONES; CAPILLARY IMBIBITIONS; CREEP EXPERIMENTS; CT SCANS; DEFORMED SAMPLES; FLOW PARAMETERS; FLUID FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TOOLS; INTACT ROCKS; LOCAL FLOWS; LOCALIZED DAMAGES; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; THREE STEPS; WATER FRONTS; X-RAY CT;

FLOW PATTERNS;

DAMAGE; DEFORMATION; DETECTION METHOD; DISPLACEMENT; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; TRIAXIAL TEST; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 56449109097     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034879     Document Type: Article

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