Abstract The classical Local Cubic Law (LCL) generally overestimates flow through real
fractures. We thus developed and tested a modified LCL (MLCL) which takes into account …

Fluid flow in fractured rock masses is important for many engineering applications. As fluid
moves through the fractures, non-negligible pressure losses occur even at a moderate flow …

Laboratory experiments have been carried out to study groundwater flow in a single fracture
under the conditions of different surface roughness and apertures. We found that the …

A high-density polyethylene (HDPE) double-wall corrugated pipe is a flexible plastic
drainage pipe. The backfill compaction, the external load, the sewage in the pipe, and the …

A single fracture is the basic unit of fracture medium, and the roughness of the fracture
surface is an important factor influencing hydraulic characteristics of the flow in bedrock …

Fluid flow through fractures is central to many engineering applications and geophysical
processes. Although the intertwined effects of aperture heterogeneity and inertial forces on …

Fracture intersections play a basic role in contaminant transport through fracture networks
because they allow different fluids to mix and disperse along the flow paths. We use …

Macroscopic nonlinear flow, which is closely related to mesoscopic flow structures such as
vortices, is an important property of fluid flow and solute transport in rock fractures with a …

The hydraulic properties of a fractured rock mass are largely controlled by connected
fracture networks. A thorough understanding of the physical flow processes in fracture …

The quantitative study of transport through fractured media has continued for many decades,
but has often been constrained by observational and computational challenges. Here, we …