A series of laboratory experiments on water flow through rough fractures was performed
using self-designed experimental devices to investigate the effect of fracture roughness on …

A single fracture is the basic unit of fracture medium, and the roughness of the fracture
surface is an important factor influencing hydraulic characteristics of the flow in bedrock …

Local cubic law (LCL) is one of the most commonly applied physical laws for flow in single
fractures (SF) and fractured media. The foundation of LCL is Darcian flow. This experimental …

A single fracture is usually idealized theoretically as smooth parallel plates, but the real
fractures are rough-walled with points of contact. Though relative roughness is considered in …

This study investigates the effect of fracture lower surface roughness on the nonlinear flow
behaviors of fluids through fractures when the aperture fields are fixed. The flow is modeled …

This study provides a numerical approach to investigate radial flow through a single rough-
walled fracture. To facilitate the size-dependency investigation, rough-walled fractures as …

To understand the influence of shear behavior on the transporting properties of fluid through
a single fracture, splitting fractures were made in the laboratory and shear flow tests were …

The existence of surface roughness, various contact conditions and the occurrence of flow
nonlinearity make the flow process in natural rock fractures more complicated. To evaluate …

This paper experimentally evaluated the influences of the surface roughness and boundary
load on the nonlinear flow behavior of real three-dimensional rock fractures. The rough …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) morphology of rock fracture has a great influence on its
hydraulic behavior. To experimentally investigate the 3D roughness dependent non-linear …