Flow on a single rock fracture in the shear process and the validity of the cubic law examined through experimental results and numerical simulations

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-610

  Kishida, Kiyoshi ^a   Prosper, Mgaya ^b   Kazuhito, Ogura ^c   Takashi, Hosoda ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^c Tohoku Bureau of Communications   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cubic law; Direct shear test; F4); Hydraulic conductivity; Numerical simulation; Rock fracture discontinuity (igc

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROCKS;

CUBIC LAWS; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; FLOW COUPLING; FRACTURE FLOW; INERTIA TERMS; ROCK FRACTURES; ROUGH SURFACES; SHEAR PROCESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 77956455121     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.49.597     Document Type: Article

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