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 …

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 …

Transient pulse tests were performed on single rock fractures at different confining
pressures. A new data analysis method based on polynomial fitting was introduced to …

This study focuses on the transport properties and permeability evolution characteristics of
fluid flow through thermally treated rock samples containing single fractures. First, splitting …

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 fracture geometric characteristics (FGC) have considerable influence on fluid flow in the
fractured rock mass. The present work took experimental approaches to investigate the …

This study experimentally analyzed the influence of shear processes on nonlinear flow
behavior through 3D rough-walled rock fractures. A high-precision apparatus was …

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 …

Single phase water flow experiments were performed on seven tightly-closed, rough model
fractures. Each model has mirror-image transparent upper and opaque lower walls …

Understanding fluid flow through a rough‐walled fracture is important in many problems
such as petroleum and geothermal reservoir exploitation, geological storage of CO2, and …