Development and application of three-dimensional discrete fracture network modeling approach for fluid flow in fractured rock masses

N Huang, R Liu, Y Jiang, Y Cheng - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rock fractures are crucial conduits for fluid flow in fractured rock masses. Three-dimensional
(3D) discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling approach, which can explicitly characterize …

[图书][B] Lattice Boltzmann method and its application in engineering

Z Guo, C Shu - 2013 - books.google.com
Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a relatively new simulation technique for the modeling of
complex fluid systems and has attracted interest from researchers in computational physics …

Influence of surface roughness on nonlinear flow behaviors in 3D self-affine rough fractures: Lattice Boltzmann simulations

M Wang, YF Chen, GW Ma, JQ Zhou… - Advances in water …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impacts of surface roughness on the nonlinear fluid flow through
three-dimensional (3D) self-affine rock fractures, whose original surface roughness is …

[图书][B] Fractured porous media

PM Adler, JF Thovert, VV Mourzenko - 2013 - books.google.com
This book provides a systematic treatment of the geometrical and transport properties of
fractures, fracture networks, and fractured porous media. It is divided into two major parts …

A novel fractal model for gas diffusion coefficient in dry porous media embedded with a damaged tree-like branching network

B Xiao, P Wang, J Wu, H Zhu, M Liu, Y Liu, G Long - Fractals, 2022 - World Scientific
A novel gas diffusivity model for dry porous media with a damaged tree-like branching
network is proposed by using the fractal theory in this study. We systematically investigated …

Scale and size effects on fluid flow through self-affine rough fractures

Y Jin, J Dong, X Zhang, X Li, Y Wu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
A permeability estimation of a single rough fracture remains challenging and has attracted
broad attention because of its fundamental importance. This study examines the effects of …

Effects of fracture surface roughness and shear displacement on geometrical and hydraulic properties of three-dimensional crossed rock fracture models

N Huang, R Liu, Y Jiang, B Li, L Yu - Advances in Water Resources, 2018 - Elsevier
While shear-flow behavior through fractured media has been so far studied at single fracture
scale, a numerical analysis of the shear effect on the hydraulic response of 3D crossed …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional double-rough-walled modeling of fluid flow through self-affine shear fractures

R Liu, M He, N Huang, Y Jiang, L Yu - Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes a double-rough-walled fracture model to represent the natural
geometries of rough fractures. The rough surface is generated using a modified successive …

Effective permeability of fractured porous media with power-law distribution of fracture sizes

II Bogdanov, VV Mourzenko, JF Thovert… - Physical Review E …, 2007 - APS
The permeability of geological formations which contain fractures with a power-law size
distribution is addressed numerically by solving the coupled Darcy equations in the fractures …

A fractal model for estimating the permeability of tortuous fracture networks with correlated fracture length and aperture

K Xue, Z Zhang, X Han, W Guang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Many fractures are present in the crust and dominate fluid flow and mass transport. This
study proposes a fractal model of permeability for fractured rock masses that includes fractal …