Discrete fracture network interpretation of field tracer migration in sparsely fractured rock

1992 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 2327-2343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Dverstorp ◽  
Johan Andersson ◽  
Wille Nordqvist

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 930
Author(s):  
Jiabin Li ◽  
Yonghong Wang ◽  
Zhongsheng Tan ◽  
Wen Du ◽  
Zhenyu Liu

When the fracture is not developed and the connectivity is poor, the original single medium simulation cannot meet the accuracy requirements. Now, the seepage simulation of fractured rock mass has gradually developed from equivalent continuous medium to dual medium and multiple medium. However, it is still difficult to establish the connection between a discrete fracture network model and a continuous medium model, which makes it difficult to simulate the influence of fracture location on the seepage field of rock mass. As the excavation direction of the shaft is vertically downward, the surrounding strata are symmetrical around the plane of the shaft axis, which is different from the horizontal tunnel. Taking the auxiliary shaft of the No.1 Shaft in HighLiGongshan as the engineering background, combined with Monte Carlo methods and DFN generator built in FLAC3D5.01, a discrete fracture network is generated. Based on the dual medium theory, MIDAS is used to optimize the modeling of each fracture group. At the same time, the concept of “Fracture Weakening area” is introduced, and the simulation is carried out based on a fluid–solid coupling method. It is found that the simulation effect is close to the reality. The water inflow increases with the increase of shaft excavation depth, and the water inflow at the end of excavation is nearly three times larger than the initial value. Combined with Legendre equation, a new analytical formula of water inflow prediction is proposed. It is found that this analytical formula is more sensitive to permeability and has a greater safety reserve.


2013 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 132-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald M. Reeves ◽  
Rishi Parashar ◽  
Greg Pohll ◽  
Rosemary Carroll ◽  
Tom Badger ◽  
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1994 ◽  
Vol 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Uchida ◽  
Atsushi Sawada

AbstractThis paper presents the results of a discrete fracture network modelling for the non-sorbing tracer migration experiments, which were conducted in the fractured rock at the Kamaishi mine. A newly developed in-plane heterogeneity model, which can address the channelling effects within a fracture, and the matrix diffusion model, which can simulate the retardation time due to the matrix diffusion adjacent to fracture were applied in this study. As a result, the matrix diffusion model better reproduces the general shape of breakthrough curves. The transport aperture At was approximately one order of magnitude larger than the hydraulic aperture Ac derived from the cubic law.


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