Finite element simulation of fluid flow in fractured rock media

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 765-773

  Kristinof, R ^a   Ranjith, P G ^a   Choi, S K ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Fractured; Modelling; Rock; Rock joint

Indexed keywords

CUBIC LAWS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; FRACTURED-ROCK FORMATIONS; HIGH GRADIENT; INLET PRESSURES; LINEAR PRESSURE; MODEL RESULTS; NATURAL FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ROCK JOINT; ROCK SPECIMEN; TRIAXIAL LOADING; TRIAXIAL TEST; VERTICAL FRACTURE; WATER FLOWS;

FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INLET FLOW; MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; WATER LEVELS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AIRFLOW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM; ROCK BLOCK; SEEPAGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954074559     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0214-2     Document Type: Article

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