Abstract
The numerical computations for single phase flow through three-dimensional digitized rock fractures under varied simulated confining pressures appropriate to midcrustal depths were presented. The computations were performed using the lattice Boltzmann method to approximate Navier-Stokes flow. The comparison of the numerical predictions of fracture permeability was done with laboratory measurements performed on the same fractures.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 046708 |
| Pages (from-to) | 467081-467089 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 4 2 |
| State | Published - Apr 2003 |