Natural rock joint permeability deviates from the classic fluid flow governing equations due
to the inherent fracture surface roughness (ie, contact points, spatial correlation, matching …

Energy geotechnics involves the use of geotechnical principles to understand and engineer
the coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes encountered in collecting …

The fracture geometric characteristics (FGC) have considerable influence on fluid flow in the
fractured rock mass. The present work took experimental approaches to investigate the …

Fractures provide preferential flow paths and establish the internal “plumbing” of the rock
mass. Fracture surface roughness and the matedness between surfaces combine to …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of contact rate on fluid flow through
rock fractures. Different contact rate fracture models are constituted by changing the relative …

Numerous rock engineering applications require a reliable estimation of fracture
permeabilities to predict fluid flow and transport processes. Since measurements of fracture …

The Biot coefficient is a parameter that is encountered in the theory of classical
poroelasticity, dealing with the mechanics of a fluid-saturated porous medium with elastic …

In this paper, a fully coupled hydro-mechanical model is presented for the study of multizone
hydraulic fracturing. The momentum balance equation of the bulk together with the mass …

The paper examines the role of irreversibility of skeletal deformations of a consolidating soil
and its role in the pedagogy for explaining the development of pore fluid pressures in …

The mechanical and hydraulic properties of a jointed rock mass are strongly affected by the
characteristics of joints within the intact rock mass. In this study, a constitutive model for …