THERMAL PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT OF BLOCKY ROCKS: ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS

A conceptual model is presented to describe permeability enhancement within competent blocky rock masses subjected to temperature changes. The model accommodates a ubiquitously jointed, isothermal and initially stressed mass into which fluid of a different temperature is injected. The transient behaviour of the coupled fluid flow and transport system is described using a 1-d or radial upwind weighted, conductive-advective transport model. Heat production from, and thermal volume change of, the surrounding matrix blocks is described analytically via a convolution product with individual blocks represented as equivalent spheres. The assumption of full lateral restraint for control volumes within the blocky mass results in stress redistribution not being explicitly represented. No attempt is made to satisfy stress equilibrium conditions. The model is used to identify the manner and rate at which fluid permeability enhancement process develop within a representative granite rock mass. Thermal effects are shown to be significant.(a)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • ELSWORTH, D
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 329-39
• 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: Deformation; Flow; Fluid dynamics; Granite; Heat; Hydraulic fluids; Hydraulics; Mathematical models; Permeability; Pressure; Rock jointing; Rock mechanics; Rocks; Stresses; Temperature
• ITRD Terms: 5595: Deformation; 5430: Flow (fluid); 4101: Granite; 6743: Heat; 5431: Hydraulics (fluid); 4089: Joint (geomorphol); 6473: Mathematical model; 5921: Permeability; 5412: Pressure; 4154: Rock; 5757: Rock mechanics; 5575: Stress (in material); 6722: Temperature
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498052
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM