Application of fracture network model with crack permeability tensor on flow and transport in fractured rock

Engineering Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 166-177

  Pan, Jian Bang ^a   Lee, Chen Chang ^a   Lee, Cheng Haw ^a   Yeh, Hsin Fu ^a   Lin, Hung I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crack permeability tensor; Fracture network model; Fractures; Ingrowth decay transport; Lan Yu island; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE NETWORK MODEL; INGROWTH-DECAY TRANSPORT; LAN-YU ISLAND; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; TAIWAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; ROCKS; TENSORS;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

LANYU; TAIWAN;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 77957786446     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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