A NUMERICAL MODEL OF FLUID-FLOW IN DEFORMABLE NATURALLY FRACTURED ROCK MASSES

A hybrid boundary element -finite-difference program, ffflow, has been developed for the modelling of fluid flow in deformable, jointed rock. The model has been used to simulate reservoirs with variable joint orientations, injection rates, joint dilation angles and variable far-field stresses. The formulation and example results are presented.(a)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Asgian, M
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 317-28
• Serial:
  • Intl J of Rock Mech & Mining Sci & Geomechanic Abs
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 3/4
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0148-9062

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Deformation; Flow; Fluid dynamics; Heat; Hydraulic fluids; Hydraulics; Mathematical models; Permeability; Pressure; Rock jointing; Rock mechanics; Rocks; Simulation; Stresses
• ITRD Terms: 5211: Cracking; 5595: Deformation; 5430: Flow (fluid); 6743: Heat; 5431: Hydraulics (fluid); 4089: Joint (geomorphol); 6473: Mathematical model; 5921: Permeability; 5412: Pressure; 4154: Rock; 5757: Rock mechanics; 9103: Simulation; 5575: Stress (in material)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498051
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM