The flow and transport properties in a rough fracture under effective normal stress conditions
are investigated numerically. In this study, a rough fracture is represented by a field of …

Fractures commonly exist in rock masses; the coalescence of fractures provides fluid flow
pathways in a fractured rock mass and greatly increases the flow capacity of fractured rock …

Difficulties encountered in describing fracture flow using classical fluid flow equations has
led to extensive studies of the roughness effect on fracture flow over the past 70 years …

A permeability estimation of a single rough fracture remains challenging and has attracted
broad attention because of its fundamental importance. This study examines the effects of …

This study focuses on experimental evaluation of the Forchheimer equation coefficients for
non-Darcy flow in deformable rough-walled fractures. Water flow tests through twelve granite …

The hydro-mechanical response of fractured rock masses is complex, due partly to the
presence of fractures at different scales. Surface morphology has a significant influence on …

Presence of fracture roughness and occurrence of nonlinear flow complicate fluid flow
through rock fractures. This paper presents a qualitative and quantitative study on the effects …

Understanding fluid flow in rock fractures is relevant to many engineering applications,
including underground nuclear waste disposition, oil and gas exploitation, dam and slope …

The transport property of natural fissured reservoir is highly related to the fracture
permeability. The composite topography of natural fractures is always rough, with self-affine …

A fractal model that represents the geometric characteristics of rock fracture networks is
proposed to link the fractal characteristics with the equivalent permeability of the fracture …