Effects of inertia and directionality on flow and transport in a rough asymmetric fracture

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cardenas, M Bayani ^a   Slottke, Donald T ^a   Ketcham, Richard A ^a   Sharp Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; INERTIA; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; POWER LAW; RESIDENCE TIME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOKES FORMULA; TAILINGS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 70349429819     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006336     Document Type: Article

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