Influence of Fracture Roughness on Aperture Fracture Surface and in Fluid Flow on Coarse-Grained Marble, Experimental Results
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52382#.VJN2NcCAM4 Author(s) G. Dimadis , A. Dimadi , I. Bacasis Affiliation(s) Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Technical Geology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece . ABSTRACT Wetting fluid flow through rock discontinuities influence a great number of project among others: dam construction, underground projects, CO 2 storage in underground schemes, geological disposal of radioactive wastes; Hydrocarbon storage caverns. Flow through fractures is considered to be laminar due to small aperture of the fracture walls and slow velocity. The fluid model called “Cubic law” describes the flow assuming parallel i...