Fracture surface morphology significantly affects fluid flow in rock fractures and has attracted
considerable attention in many seepage-related fields. Fluid flow in rough-walled fractures is …

Natural rock joint permeability deviates from the classic fluid flow governing equations due
to the inherent fracture surface roughness (ie, contact points, spatial correlation, matching …

Shear stimulation, so‐called hydroshearing, is believed to reactivate critical or near‐critical
preexisting fractures by pressurized fluid injection, causing them to slip and dilate for …

The accurate evaluation on the shear strength of rough rock joints has always been the
pursuit of rock mechanics workers. In this paper, based on the MATLAB image processing …

The transitional normal stress of a rock joint subject to shear refers to the critical normal
stress under which the normal dilation is completely suppressed. The transitional normal …

In this study direct shear tests on a series of thermally-treated Beishan granite samples
including a rough fracture were conducted, and the thermal treatment temperature was up to …

Structural defects such as joints or faults are inherent to almost any rock mass. In many
situations those defects have a major impact on slope stability as they can control the …

Direct shear tests on a series of fractured Beishan granite samples were performed under
different normal stresses, to investigate the characteristics of asperity degradation during …

The consensus reached in the literature is that the roughness of fractures plays a crucial role
on proppant transport affecting the aperture sustainability and conductivity of hydraulic …

Abstract Effect of anisotropic aperture on the hydraulic properties of single rock fractures has
been systematically investigated, yet the aperture variability of individual fractures in 3D …