Simulation of three-dimensional fracture network geometry in coal. Topical report, December 1995-May 1996
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.
- Research Organization:
- Notre Dame Univ., IN (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
- OSTI ID:
- 502697
- Report Number(s):
- PB-97-168199/XAB; CNN: Contract GRI-5095-260-3532; TRN: 71741336
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Color illustrations reproduced in black and white; PBD: May 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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