Characterization of Hydraulic Properties of Fractured Rock Mass with Numerical Model

Autor: Tomoo Fujita, Akira Kobayashi, Kenichi Hosono
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Groundwater Updates ISBN: 9784431702832
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-68442-8_63
Popis: The flow aspect in the fractured rocks is examined by using the general theory by Barker. It is found from the examination that the correlation between the flow dimension and hydraulic conductivity is positive. This observed correlation is related to the geometry of the flow network and hydraulic properties of flow paths. To examine the characteristics of hydraulic properties of fractures, the discontinuous fracture network model is used for the parametric study of the statistical properties. The variety in the relation between flow dimension and hydraulic conductivity is examined. The observed relation of flow dimension to hydraulic conductivity cannot be realized when the fracture length is independent of the fracture aperture. It is expected from the examination that the fracture aperture increases exponentially with the fracture length.
Databáze: OpenAIRE