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Shear-Induced Flow Channels in a Single Rock Fracture and Their Effect on Solute Transport
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Vilarrasa, Victor (författare)
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Koyama, Tomofumi (författare)
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- Neretnieks, Ivars (författare)
- KTH,Kemisk apparatteknik
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- Jing, Lanru (författare)
- KTH,Teknisk geologi och geofysik
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- 2010-12-22
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Transport in Porous Media. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0169-3913 .- 1573-1634. ; 87:2, s. 503-523
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https://doi.org/10.1...
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Abstract
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- The effect of mechanical shearing on fluid flow anisotropy and solute transport in rough rock fractures was investigated by numerical modeling. Two facing surfaces of a rock fracture of 194 mm x 194 mm in size were laser scanned to generate their respective digital profiles. Fluid flow through the fracture was simulated using a finite element code that solves the Reynolds equation, while incremental relative movement of the upper surface was maintained numerically to simulate a shearing process without normal loading. The motion of solute particles in a rough fracture undergoing shear was studied using a particle tracking code. We found that shearing introduces anisotropy in fracture transmissivity, with a greatly increased flow rate and particle travel velocity in the direction perpendicular to the shearing direction. Shear-induced channels yield a transport behavior in which advection dominates in the direction parallel with shear and dispersion dominates in the direction perpendicular to shear. The shear-induced flow channels not only increase the flow connectivity, but also the transport connectivity in the direction perpendicular to shear. This finding has an important impact on the interpretation of the results of coupled hydromechanical and tracer transport experiments for measurements of hydraulic and transport properties of rock fractures.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Rock fracture
- Shear displacement
- Coupled hydro-mechanical behavior
- Transport connectivity
- Particle tracking
- Earth sciences
- Geovetenskap
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