Fluid percolation through single fractures
Journal Article
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· Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States)
Large deviations from ''cubic-law'' dependence of laminar fluid flow through fractures on the apparent mechanical aperture of a fracture can be explained by assuming: 1) cubic-law dependence of flow on the actual local aperture at the microscopic level; 2) conservation of rock volume when deforming the fracture; and 3) macroscopic flow properties are dominated by the critical neck (the smallest aperture along the path of highest aperture through the fracture). copyright American Geophysical Union 1988
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, and Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- OSTI ID:
- 6726253
- Journal Information:
- Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 15:11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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