Permeability tensor and representative elementary volume of fractured rock masses;Tenseur de perméabilité et volume élémentaire représentatif des massifs de roche fracturée

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1655-1671

  Rong, Guan ^a   Peng, Jun ^a   Wang, Xiaojiang ^a   Liu, Guang ^a   Hou, Di ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Fractured rock masses; Permeability tensor; Representative elementary volume (REV)

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IN SITU STRESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84885727964     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-1040-x     Document Type: Article

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