Experimental study of the hydro-mechanical behavior of rock joints using a parallel-plate model containing contact areas and artificial fractures

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-375

  Li, Bo ^a   Jiang, Yujing ^a,b   Koyama, Tomofumi ^c   Jing, Lanru ^c   Tanabashi, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coupled shear flow test; Hydro mechanical; Rock fracture; Roughness; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; LOAD TESTING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHEAR FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTACT AREAS; COUPLED SHEAR-FLOW TEST; FLOW TESTS; FRACTURE SPECIMENS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; HYDROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; ROCK FRACTURES; ROCK JOINT; SEALING TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSIVITY;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84863230585     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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