Numerical modelling of fluid flow tests in a rock fracture with a special algorithm for contact areas

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Koyama, T ^a   Li, B ^b   Jiang, Y ^b   Jing, L ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact areas; Coupled stress flow tests; Finite element method (FEM); Normal loading; Rock fractures; Shear displacement

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; MECHANICS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; STEEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TESTING;

CONTACT AREAS; COUPLED STRESS-FLOW TESTS; NORMAL LOADING; ROCK FRACTURES; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT;

FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELD; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE APERTURE; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 56949094161     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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