Correlations developed for estimation of hydraulic parameters of rough fractures through the simulation of JRC flow channels

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-461

  Rasouli, V ^a   Hosseinian, A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

FLUENT; Fracture closure; Fracture surface roughness; JRC flow channels; Pressure drop; Riemannian roughness parameter

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DROPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FLOW CHANNELS; FLUENT; FRACTURE CLOSURE; FRACTURE SURFACES; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS;

FRACTURE;

CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROMECHANICS; JOINT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROUGHNESS; SOFTWARE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 85027950333     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-011-0148-3     Document Type: Article

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