Numerical simulations of fluid flow through a single rough walled fracture

Numerical simulations of fluid flow through a single rough walled fracture

The morphological properties of rock fractures may have a significant influence on their hydromechanical behaviour. Fracture surface roughness could change the fluid flow regime from laminar to turbulent, while it causes the flow properties to deviate from cubic law for smooth channels due to a chan...

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Main Author: Hosseinian, Armin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2011
Subjects:
hydromechanical behaviour
morphological properties
rock fractures
Riemannian isotropy parameter
laminar
anistropy
fluid behaviour
surface roughness
fluid flow regime
turbulent
numerical simulations
surface geometrical properties
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1764

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1764

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