From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: Recent advances and new frontiers

HS Viswanathan, J Ajo‐Franklin… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

[HTML][HTML] The use of discrete fracture networks for modelling coupled geomechanical and hydrological behaviour of fractured rocks

Q Lei, JP Latham, CF Tsang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

[图书][B] Applications of percolation theory

M Sahimi - 1994 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Trends, prospects and challenges in quantifying flow and transport through fractured rocks

SP Neuman - Hydrogeology Journal, 2005 - Springer
Among the current problems that hydrogeologists face, perhaps there is none as
challenging as the characterization of fractured rock (Faybishenko and Benson 2000). This …

Flow, transport, and reaction in porous media: Percolation scaling, critical‐path analysis, and effective medium approximation

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 …

Connectivity, permeability, and channeling in randomly distributed and kinematically defined discrete fracture network models

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 …

Hydraulic properties of fractured rock masses with correlated fracture length and aperture

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 …

Impact of fracture geometry and topology on the connectivity and flow properties of stochastic fracture networks

W Zhu, S Khirevich, TW Patzek - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Hydraulic tomography in fractured granite: Mizunami Underground Research site, Japan

WA Illman, X Liu, S Takeuchi, TCJ Yeh… - Water resources …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
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) …

Impact of fracture shear dilation on long-term heat extraction in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Insights from a fully-coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation

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 …