Effective permeability of media with a dense network of long and micro fractures

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-178

  Barthelemy J F ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic effective permeability; Double scale fracture network; Fracture permeability; Self consistent scheme

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; LIQUIDS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SOLIDS;

ANISOTROPIC EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; ANISOTROPIC MATRICES; AUXILIARY PROBLEMS; DENSE NETWORKS; DOUBLE SCALE FRACTURE NETWORK; ESHELBY; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURED MEDIAS; MACROSCOPIC PERMEABILITIES; MICRO FRACTURES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PERMEABLE MATERIALS; POISEUILLE FLOWS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; SECOND ORDERS; SELF-CONSISTENT SCHEME; UP-SCALING;

FRACTURE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 59149083114     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-008-9241-9     Document Type: Article

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