Hydraulic properties of partially saturated rock fractures subjected to mechanical loading

Engineering Geology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-31

  Li, Yi ^a,b   Chen, Yi Feng ^a,b   Zhou, Chuang Bing ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Relative hydraulic conductivity; Rock fracture; Shear deformation; Unsaturated seepage flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCKS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE-SATURATION RELATIONSHIP; DEFORMATION CONDITIONS; RELATIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK FRACTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LASER SCANNERS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; UNSATURATED SEEPAGE; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

FRACTURE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LOADING; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 84904247357     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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