scholarly journals Method development for determining the hydraulic conductivity of fractured porous media

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Fractured Porous Media

scholarly journals A Novel Numerical Model for Fluid Flow in 3D Fractured Porous Media Based on an Equivalent Matrix-Fracture Network

Geofluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Yao ◽  
Chen He ◽  
Jianhua Yang ◽  
Qinghui Jiang ◽  
Jinsong Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Fractured Rock ◽  
Fracture Network ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Porous Matrix ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Hydraulic Aperture ◽  
Matrix Fracture

An original 3D numerical approach for fluid flow in fractured porous media is proposed. The whole research domain is discretized by the Delaunay tetrahedron based on the concept of node saturation. Tetrahedral blocks are impermeable, and fluid only flows through the interconnected interfaces between blocks. Fractures and the porous matrix are replaced by the triangular interface network, which is the so-called equivalent matrix-fracture network (EMFN). In this way, the three-dimensional seepage problem becomes a two-dimensional problem. The finite element method is used to solve the steady-state flow problem. The big finding is that the ratio of the macroconductivity of the whole interface network to the local conductivity of an interface is linearly related to the cubic root of the number of nodes used for mesh generation. A formula is presented to describe this relationship. With this formula, we can make sure that the EMFN produces the same macroscopic hydraulic conductivity as the intact rock. The approach is applied in a series of numerical tests to demonstrate its efficiency. Effects of the hydraulic aperture of fracture and connectivity of the fracture network on the effective hydraulic conductivity of fractured rock masses are systematically investigated.

Flow in unsaturated fractured porous media: Hydraulic conductivity of rough surfaces

2000 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1165-1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dani Or ◽  
Markus Tuller
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Fractured Porous Media

FracKfinder: A MATLAB Toolbox for Computing Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Conductivity Tensors for Fractured Porous Media

Ground Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan L. Young ◽  
Jacqueline E. Reber ◽  
William W. Simpkins
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Matlab Toolbox

A generalized matrix-fracture flow transfer model for fractured porous media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhechao wang ◽  
Jiafan guo ◽  
Zhejun pan ◽  
Liping qiao ◽  
Jie liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Fracture Flow ◽  
Matrix Fracture ◽  
Generalized Matrix ◽  
Flow Transfer

Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Structured Porous Media

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Markus Tuller ◽  
Dani Or
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity

Sensitivity Analysis and Prediction Method for Water Inflow of Underground Oil Storage Caverns in Fractured Porous Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 04020251
Author(s):  
Z. H. Xu ◽  
Z. H. Bu ◽  
B. Gao ◽  
D. D. Pan ◽  
P. Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Fractured Porous Media ◽  
Water Inflow ◽  
Oil Storage
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