Micro- and macro-behaviour of fluid flow through rock fractures: An experimental study;Comportement microscopique et macroscopique d'un fluide s'écoulant dans les fractures d'une roche: Une étude expérimentale

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1717-1729

  Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Nemcik, Jan ^a   Ma, Shuqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eddy; Fractured rocks; Hydraulic properties; Joint void; Nonlinear flow

Indexed keywords

EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84892845591     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-1033-9     Document Type: Article

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