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 …

A major use of DFN models for industrial applications is to evaluate permeability and flow
structure in hardrock aquifers from geological observations of fracture networks. The …

Fracture networks play a more significant role in conducting fluid flow and solute transport in
fractured rock masses, comparing with that of the rock matrix. Accurate estimation of the …

Enhancing the heat transfer efficiency between working fluids and hot dry rocks (HDRs) in
fracture reservoirs is important. In this paper, we present the seepage and convective heat …

It is still a challenging task to explain the uncertainty of the production of fractured
geothermal reservoirs by using a parallel plate model without considering the variable …

A novel numerical method was developed to evaluate the effect of the aperture
heterogeneity of individual fractures on fluid flow through three-dimensional discrete fracture …

Accurate and efficient simulation of fluid and heat flow in fractures has long been a topic of
interest for fractured reservoirs, eg, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and …

Fluid flow tests were conducted on four kinds of fracture intersections, namely straight
fracture intersection, buckling fracture intersection, crossing fracture intersection and …

The present study evaluates aperture distributions and fluid flow characteristics for variously
sized laboratory‐scale granite fractures under confining stress. As a significant result of the …

Hydraulic property of fractured rock masses is commonly undertaken based on 2-D fracture
network models, which are cut planes of the real 3-D models. This simplification would lead …