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7 – Unsaturated Flow in Fractured Porous Media
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wang, J. Narasimhan, Thirugnanam |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Abstract | .................. List of Subject Indices .................. List of Figures ... .";,;-~~~~~-;;-;;-;~""~~~. ~-~~-;-;....... .. List of Tables ........ List of Abbreviations ........................................ List of Symbols .......................................... 1.0 Introouction .............. 2.0 Conceptual Mooel for Moisture Movement in Fractured, Porous Tuff: Fracture Flow vs. Matrix Flow............................................... 2.1 Capillary Mechanism: Preferential Saturation of Fine Pores .................... 2.2 Natural Fracture Mooel: Importance of Wall Roughness ........................... 2.3 Apenure Distribution: Approach to Quantify a Rough Fracture ............... 2.4 Flow Across Fractures: Importance of Effective Fracture Area ................ 2.5 Transpon Properties of Fractured Tuff: Contrast between Fracture a1ZliMatrix Clztzracteristics .................................................. 3.0 Drainage Responses of a Fractured Tuff Column: Dynamic Interaction between Discrete Fractures a1Zli Porous Matrix ..................... 3.1 Fracture Description: Adaptation of Field Data ......................................... 3.2 Discrete Fracture-Porous Matrix Mooel: Nested Matrix Elements ............. 3.3 Tool of Analysis: The TRUST Code ........................................................... 3.4 Major Findings: Flow Dominance by Matrix ............................................. 3.5 A Useful Corollary: The Composite Model................................................ 4.0 Vertical Infiltration through Welded-Nonwelded Units: Maintenance of Unsaturated State ......................................... 4.1 Fracture and Matrix Data and Mooel: Observational Basis ....................... 4.2 Estimate of Ambient Infiltration Rate: Observational Constraints ............ 4.3 Welded-Nonwelded Flow Interaction: Effect of a Thick Unit on Thin Units ........................ 4.4 Approximate Mooel for Steady-State Profiles: Elementary Path Integration ................................................................ 4.5 Response to Extreme Infiltration Pulses: Damping by Near-Sz.trfaceUnits ...... 4.6 Ambient Infiltration: An Estimate ............................................................... 5.0 Distribution of Fluid Near a Fault Zone: Possibility of Lateral Flow................ i IV |
| Starting Page | 325 |
| Ending Page | 394 |
| Page Count | 70 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/B978-0-12-083980-3.50011-5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt4z48t8pq/qt4z48t8pq.pdf?t=p0m9xm |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-083980-3.50011-5 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
