Permeability evolution in fractured anthracite: The roles of crack geometry and water-content

45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Shugang ^a   Elsworth, Derek ^a   Liu, Jishan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL SWELLING; CRACK GEOMETRIES; GAS PRESSURES; INITIAL PERMEABILITY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PRESENCE OF WATER; PRESSURE INCREASE; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SPLIT-SAMPLE; SWELLING STRAIN; UNDER WATER; WATER SATURATED CONDITIONS;

ANTHRACITE; CRACKS; EXPERIMENTS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SORPTION; SWELLING;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 82555173585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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