Analysis of properties of fluid flow in rock fractures

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-663

  Zhu, Hongguang ^a   Xie, Heping ^b   Yi, Cheng ^a   Jiang, Yaodong ^a   Liu, Jianxia ^a   Lai, Suning ^a   Dong, Xin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Applicable conditions; Equivalent model; Excess pressure loss; Fluid flow; Local cubic law; Rock mechanics; Rough fracture

Indexed keywords

APPLICABLE CONDITIONS; CUBIC LAWS; EQUIVALENT MODEL; EXCESS PRESSURE; ROUGH FRACTURES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84876803276     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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