Recent advances in modeling of well hydraulics

HD Yeh, YC Chang - Advances in Water Resources, 2013 - Elsevier
Well hydraulics is a discipline to understand the process of flow to the well in an aquifer
which is regarded as a source of groundwater. A variety of analytical and numerical models …

Effect of roughness on fluid flow and solute transport in a single fracture: A review of recent developments, current trends, and future research

J Lee, T Babadagli - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Critical Reynolds number for nonlinear flow through rough‐walled fractures: The role of shear processes

M Javadi, M Sharifzadeh, K Shahriar… - Water Resources …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper experimentally investigates the role of shear processes on the variation of critical
Reynolds number and nonlinear flow through rough‐walled rock fractures. A quantitative …

Laboratory investigation of nonlinear flow characteristics in rough fractures during shear process

G Rong, J Yang, L Cheng, C Zhou - Journal of hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Effects of fractal surface roughness and lithology on single and multiphase flow in a single fracture: an experimental investigation

T Babadagli, X Ren, K Develi - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents qualitative and quantitative analysis of single and multiphase flow in a
single fracture based on experimental results and demonstrates relationships between the …

Quantitative evaluation of fracture geometry influence on nonlinear flow in a single rock fracture

G Rong, J Tan, H Zhan, R He, Z Zhang - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Seepage characteristics of chemical grout flow in porous sandstone with a fracture under different temperature conditions: An NMR based experimental investigation

Y Zhou, Z Wu, L Weng, Q Liu - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) testing technique was
adopted to experimentally investigate the seepage processes of chemical grout flow in …

Estimating hydraulic conductivity of fractured rocks from high‐pressure packer tests with an Izbash's law‐based empirical model

YF Chen, SH Hu, R Hu, CB Zhou - Water Resources Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
High‐pressure packer test (HPPT) is an enhanced constant head packer test for
characterizing the permeability of fractured rocks under high‐pressure groundwater flow …

Experimental and visual analysis of single-phase flow through rough fracture replicas

K Develi, T Babadagli - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

A new geometrical model for non-linear fluid flow through rough fractures

M Javadi, M Sharifzadeh, K Shahriar - Journal of Hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
Fractures in rock mass are the main flow paths and introduce as a most important attribute in
rock mass hydraulic behavior. The non-linear fluid flow through rock fractures was studied in …