Permeability of fractured media under confining pressure: A simplified model

Open Petroleum Engineering Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Roman, Alberto ^a   Ahmadi, Goodarz ^a   Issen, Kathleen A ^a   Smith, Duane H ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperity; Elastic plastic contact; Hysteresis; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; CONFINING PRESSURES; CONTACT MECHANICS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC CONTACT; ELASTIC-PLASTIC MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTURED MEDIA; FRACTURED ROCK; LOADING AND UNLOADING; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NEW MODEL; SINGLE FRACTURE; COAL PERMEABILITIES; ELASTIC -PLASTIC MODELS;

DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HYSTERESIS; LOADING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; UNLOADING; ROCK PRESSURE;

ROCK PRESSURE; LOADING;

EID: 84861876669     PISSN: 18748341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874834101205010036     Document Type: Article

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