On the cubic law and variably saturated flow through discrete open rough-walled discontinuities

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 200-211

  Dippenaar, Matthys A ^a   Van Rooy, J Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aperture; Cubic law, parallel plate model; Nonlinear flow; Roughness

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

APERTURE; CUBIC LAW, PARALLEL PLATE MODEL; CUBIC LAWS; DISCONTINUITY GEOMETRIES; FLOWTHROUGH; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR FLOW; PARALLEL PLATES; PLATE MODEL; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOW;

FRACTURE;

DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84989360062     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2016.09.011     Document Type: Article

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