We present a discussion of the state-of-the-art on the use of discrete fracture networks (DFNs) for modelling geometrical characteristics, geomechanical evolution and …
Over the past two decades percolation theory has been used to explain and model a wide variety of phenomena that are of industrial and scientific importance. Examples include …
Among the current problems that hydrogeologists face, perhaps there is none as challenging as the characterization of fractured rock (Faybishenko and Benson 2000). This …
AG Hunt, M Sahimi - Reviews of Geophysics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the most important developments in the application of three theoretical tools to modeling of the morphology of porous media and flow and transport processes in them. One …
J Maillot, P Davy, R Le Goc, C Darcel… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
A Baghbanan, L Jing - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2007 - Elsevier
Permeability of fractured rocks is investigated considering the correlation between distributed fracture aperture and trace length, based on a newly developed correlation …
In a low permeability formation, connectivity of natural and induced fractures determines overall hydraulic diffusivity in fluid flow through this formation and defines effective rock …
Two large‐scale cross‐hole pumping tests were conducted at depths of 191–226 m and 662– 706 m in deep boreholes at the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) …
X Zhang, Z Huang, Q Lei, J Yao, L Gong, Z Sun… - Geothermics, 2021 - Elsevier
Shear dilation of fractures has been recognized as a main mechanism of permeability enhancement by hydraulic stimulation in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGSs); however …