In this review, we explore the significance of rock fragments in studies of soil hydrological
processes, because according to research, the effects of rock fragments on soil hydrological …

The nonlinear flow behavior in a single rock fracture (SRF) has been studied for decades.
However, the existing models to link fracture geometries and nonlinear flow behavior are …

Permeability evolution of natural fractures during shearing is one of the critical issues in
enhanced geothermal system (EGS). In this study, we conducted a series of numerical …

The influence of roughness, aperture and asperity irregularity on fluid flow regimes in rough
rock fractures was investigated by performing coupled triaxial water flow tests and fluid …

This study experimentally and numerically investigated the influence of the inertial effect of
fluid flow on the non-Darcy coefficient (β). The results showed that the non-Darcy coefficient …

Previous studies pointed out that the hydraulic aperture (bh) is solely dependent on the
geometric features of a fracture, independent of fluid inertia effects. Here we present an …

The friction factor is an important dimensionless parameter for fluid flow through rock
fractures that relates pressure head loss to average flow velocity; it can be affected by both …

An understanding of how the fracture permeability evolves in a coupled thermo-hydraulic-
mechanical (THM) environment at real-time ultrahigh temperature has a great significance …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of contact rate on fluid flow through
rock fractures. Different contact rate fracture models are constituted by changing the relative …

An evaluation of published laboratory studies of flow through single rough fractures was
conducted to establish a relationship between aperture (2b) and critical Reynolds number …