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| Title | Simulation of three-dimensional fracture network geometry in coal. Topical report, December 1995-May 1996 |
| Creator/Author | Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. ; Lumsdaine, A. |
| Publication Date | 1997 May 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 502697 |
| Report Number(s) | PB--97-168199/XAB |
| Other Number(s) | Other: CNN: Contract GRI-5095-260-3532; TRN: TRN: 71741336 |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation | Other Information: DN: Color illustrations reproduced in black and white; PBD: May 1997 |
| Research Org | Notre Dame Univ., IN (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences |
| Subject | 03 NATURAL GAS ;99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; COAL SEAMS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; PROGRESS REPORT |
| Description/Abstract | The report presents a description and a demonstration of a functioning three-dimensional fracture network generator that can simulate realistic cleat network geometry. The description includes the basis of the generator, the input parameters and the output data set. A demonstration of the quality of the code is based on a comparison of the synthetic fracture to the experimentally measured void space geometry of an individual fracture from a fracture network in a coal core. The three-dimensional fracture network geometry generated by this code forms the basis of a three-dimensional percolation theory flow similar for analyzing absolute permeability, relative permeability, and the capillary pressure-saturation relationship with respect to fracture network geometry. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: P; Size: 23 p. |
| Availability | NTIS |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Dec 01 |
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