Research Catalog

Title

Fluid flow in discontinuous rocks / Cheng-Haw Lee and Ian Farmer.

Author

Lee, Cheng-Haw.

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993.

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Additional Authors

Farmer, I. W. (Ian William)

Description

vi, 169 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Fluid dynamics
• Rocks > Permeability

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-164) and index.

Contents

• 1. Rock and rock mass permeability. 1.1. Permeability. 1.2. Permeability of discontinuous media. 1.3. Laboratory permeability studies - intact rock specimens. 1.4. Rock mass structure. 1.5. In situ investigations. 1.6. Influence of geostatic stress on rock mass permeability. 1.7. Relations between discontinuity geometry and depth. 1.8. Maximum depth for extension joints. 1.9. Effect of depth on permeability. 1.10. Imposed rock fractures and permeability perturbations. 1.11. Stresses and deformation induced by excavation. 1.12. Permeability changes during mining. 1.13. Effect of excavation technique on fractures. 1.14. Influence of thermal stresses on rock permeability -- 2. Rock discontinuity characterization. 2.1. Description of discontinuities. 2.2. Discontinuity orientation - statistical analysis. 2.3. Spacing, frequency and intensity. 2.4. Discontinuity trace length and shape. 2.5. Discontinuity roughness. 2.6. Wall strength. 2.7. Discontinuity aperture. 2.8. Discontinuity infill and seepage.
• 2.9. Joint sets and block size -- 3. Fluid flow in a single discontinuity. 3.1. Discontinuity deformation - normal stress. 3.2. Discontinuity deformation - shear stress. 3.3. Effect of stress on permeability. 3.4. Effects of size. 3.5. Aperture and conducting aperture. 3.6. Hydraulic characteristics of discontinuities. 3.7. Validity of the cubic law -- 4. Permeability and depth in rock masses. 4.1. Hydraulic properties of a discontinuous medium. 4.2. Permeability as a function of stress. 4.3. Joint system models. 4.4. Coupling, closure and geometry. 4.5. Relations between conducting aperture and depth. 4.6. Estimation of rock mass permeability by empirical methods -- 5. Connectivity, scale effects and percolation theory. 5.1. Heterogeneity and interconnectivity. 5.2. Percolation theory. 5.3. Percolation threshold and invariants. 5.4. Percolation fracture flow. 5.5. Estimation of rock mass permeability by percolation theory. 5.6. Representative Elementary Volume (REV) -- 6. Flow models.
• 6.1. Fluid flow models. 6.2. Discrete fracture flow model for connectivity. 6.3. Sensitivity analysis - connectivity. 6.4. Connectivity and scale effect. 6.5. Boundary integral element method. 6.6. Discrete network model for flow. 6.7. Sensitivity analysis - flow.

ISBN

0412415100

LCCN

92038126

OCLC

ocm27034841

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries