Numerical modeling of stress effects on solute transport in fractured rocks

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-126

  Zhao, Zhihong ^a   Jing, Lanru ^a   Neretnieks, Ivars ^a   Moreno, Luis ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coupled stress flow transport processes; Discrete fracture network; Fractured rocks; Matrix diffusion; Solute transport; Stress effects

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED ROCK; MATRIX DIFFUSION; STRESS EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRESS;

EID: 79551479285     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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