An experimental investigation on the mechanism of fluid flow through single rough fracture of rock

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2070-2080

  Ju, Yang ^a,b   Zhang, Qingang ^a   Yang, Yongming ^a   Xie, Heping ^c   Gao, Feng ^b   Wang, Huijie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fractal description; rock fractures; rough morphology; seepage flow; single fracture

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; FRACTURE; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; MORPHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEEPAGE; VIDEO CAMERAS; WATER RESOURCES;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUID-FLOW PROPERTIES; FRACTAL DESCRIPTION; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; ROCK FRACTURES; SEEPAGE FLOWS; SINGLE FRACTURE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84881372795     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-013-5274-6     Document Type: Article

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