Experimental study of the effect of roughness and Reynolds number on fluid flow in rough-walled single fractures: A check of local cubic law

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 614-622

  Qian, Jiazhong ^a   Chen, Zhou ^a   Zhan, Hongbin ^b,c   Guan, Houchun ^d  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Anhui Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Groundwater flow; Moody diagram; Non Darcian flow; Variable rough walled fractures

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; CUBIC LAWS; DARCIAN FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW LAW; FLOW SCHEMES; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE ROUGHNESS; FRACTURED MEDIA; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION FACTORS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; IN-PIPE; MOODY DIAGRAM; N VALUE; NON-DARCIAN FLOW; PHYSICAL LAWS; POWER INDICES; ROUGH FRACTURES; SINGLE FRACTURE; VARIABLE ROUGH-WALLED FRACTURES;

FRACTURE; FRICTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DARCY LAW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; FRICTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 79551498879     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7849     Document Type: Article

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