Sensitivity of the active fracture model parameter to fracture network orientation and injection scenarios

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1347-1358

  Başaǧaoǧlu, Hakan ^a   Succi, Sauro ^b   Manepally, Chandrika ^a   Fedors, Randall ^c   Wyrick, Danielle Y ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Active fractures; Fractured rocks; Multiphase flow; Numerical modeling; USA

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; INFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 69149108899     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0448-9     Document Type: Article

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