Cubic law with aperture-length correlation: Implications for network scale fluid flow;Loi cubique et corrélation ouverture-longueur: Application à l'écoulement d'un fluide à l'échelle du réseau

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 851-862

  Klimczak, Christian ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^a   Parashar, Rishi ^b   Reeves, Donald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubic law; Displacement to length scaling; Fluid flow; Fractured rocks; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77952879222     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0572-6     Document Type: Article

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