An experimental study of single and two-phase fluid flow through fractured granite specimens

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1389-1395

  Ranjith, P G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rock joints; Single and two phase fluid flow

Indexed keywords

AIR; FRACTURE; GRANITE; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW;

FLUID PRESSURES; JOINT ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL FRACTURE; ROCK FRACTURES; ROCK JOINT; SINGLE- AND TWO-PHASE FLOW; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; TWO-PHASE FLUID FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIRFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE FLOW; GRANITE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 77955152253     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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