Estimation of fracture flow considering the inhomogeneous structure of single rock fractures

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-116

  Kishida, Kiyoshi ^a   Sawada, Atsushi ^b   Yasuhara, Hideaki ^c   Hosoda, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cubic law; Fracture flow; Hydraulic conductivity; Navier Stokes equation; Optical measurement (IGC: F4 G7); Reynolds number; Rock fracture

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROCKS;

APERTURE DISTRIBUTION; CUBIC LAWS; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; INHOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; ROCK FRACTURES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84876682351     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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