Experimental and visual analysis of single-phase flow through rough fracture replicas

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-155

  Develi, K ^a,b   Babadagli, T ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Fractal dimension; Fracture roughness; Single phase flow; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TURBULENCE;

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLOW VISUALISATION; FLOWTHROUGH; FRACTURE ROUGHNESS; NORMAL LOADING; ROUGH FRACTURES; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TRANSMISSIVITY; TURBULENCE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FLOW; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84912017994     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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