Back Analysis of Equivalent Permeability Tensor for Fractured Rock Masses from Packer Tests

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji He ◽  
Sheng-hong Chen ◽  
Isam Shahrour
2020 ◽  
Vol 585 ◽  
pp. 124811
Author(s):  
Jun Zheng ◽  
Xiaohong Wang ◽  
Qing Lü ◽  
Hongyue Sun ◽  
Jichao Guo

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1655-1671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guan Rong ◽  
Jun Peng ◽  
Xiaojiang Wang ◽  
Guang Liu ◽  
Di Hou

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Wang ◽  
Liyuan Yu ◽  
Hanqing Yang

The equivalent permeability of fractured rock masses plays an important role in understanding the fluid flow and solute transport properties in underground engineering, yet the effective predictive models have not been proposed. This study established mathematical expressions to link permeability of 2D fracture networks to the geometric properties of fractured rock masses, including number density of fracture lines, total length of fractures per square meter, and fractal dimensions of fracture network structures and intersections. The results show that the equivalent permeability has power law relationships with the geometric properties of fracture networks. The fractal dimensions that can be easily obtained from an engineering site can be used to predict the permeability of a rock fracture network. When the fractal dimensions of fracture network structures and intersections exceed the critical values, the effect of randomness of fracture locations is negligible. The equivalent permeability of a fracture network increases with the increment of fracture density and/or fractal dimensions proportionally.


2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1289-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuang B. Zhou ◽  
Radhey S. Sharma ◽  
Yi F. Chen ◽  
Guan Rong

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