The influence of roughness, aperture and asperity irregularity on fluid flow regimes in rough rock fractures was investigated by performing coupled triaxial water flow tests and fluid dynamic computation. Ten sets of fabricated curved wedges were developed to obtain different fracture surface roughness by splitting under compression. Three fluid flow regimes were identified in mated rock fractures: pre-linear flow at low flow velocity, linear Darcy\u27s flow at the medium flow velocity and post-linear flow at high flow velocity. In pre-linear flow regime, the increasing rate of flow rate increased with water pressure gradient, but it decreased in post-linear flow regime. The pre-linear flow is ascribed to the slippage effect of water-fractu...
It is generally understood that a large portion of subsurface flow occurs through underground fractu...
This study experimentally investigated the effects of fracture surface roughness, normal stiffness,...
This paper experimentally investigates the role of shear processes on the variation of critical Reyn...
To understand the influence of shear on the hydraulic properties of rock fractures, shear-flow tests...
The existence of surface roughness, various contact conditions and the occurrence of flow nonlineari...
The knowledge of fluid flow through rock fractures is directly related to hydrocarbon migration, was...
The hydraulic properties of fractures are greatly affected by the stress. Knowing the fluid flow beh...
Nonlinear flow in 3D rough-walled rock fracture models are simulated by solving the Navier-Stokes eq...
Flow in fractured rocks has been intensively studied in the last decades, in part due to plans in ma...
This paper experimentally examines the role of shear slip on the variation of critical Reynolds numb...
Rock fracture flow was initially modeled according to the parallel plate model, which does not consi...
Rock fracture flow was initially modeled according to the parallel plate model, which does not consi...
Fractures can provide principal fluid flow pathways in the Earth’s crust, making them a critical fea...
Fractures in rock mass are the main flow paths and introduce as the most important attribute in rock...
The morphological properties of rock fractures may have a significant influence on their hydromechan...
It is generally understood that a large portion of subsurface flow occurs through underground fractu...
This study experimentally investigated the effects of fracture surface roughness, normal stiffness,...
This paper experimentally investigates the role of shear processes on the variation of critical Reyn...
To understand the influence of shear on the hydraulic properties of rock fractures, shear-flow tests...
The existence of surface roughness, various contact conditions and the occurrence of flow nonlineari...
The knowledge of fluid flow through rock fractures is directly related to hydrocarbon migration, was...
The hydraulic properties of fractures are greatly affected by the stress. Knowing the fluid flow beh...
Nonlinear flow in 3D rough-walled rock fracture models are simulated by solving the Navier-Stokes eq...
Flow in fractured rocks has been intensively studied in the last decades, in part due to plans in ma...
This paper experimentally examines the role of shear slip on the variation of critical Reynolds numb...
Rock fracture flow was initially modeled according to the parallel plate model, which does not consi...
Rock fracture flow was initially modeled according to the parallel plate model, which does not consi...
Fractures can provide principal fluid flow pathways in the Earth’s crust, making them a critical fea...
Fractures in rock mass are the main flow paths and introduce as the most important attribute in rock...
The morphological properties of rock fractures may have a significant influence on their hydromechan...
It is generally understood that a large portion of subsurface flow occurs through underground fractu...
This study experimentally investigated the effects of fracture surface roughness, normal stiffness,...
This paper experimentally investigates the role of shear processes on the variation of critical Reyn...