Effective storage and containment of injected fluids, over a range of spatial and temporal
scales, is reliant upon the sealing capacity of the lithologies overlying geological stores. Low …

While permeability scaling of fractured media has been so far studied independently at the
fracture‐and network‐scales, we propose a numerical analysis of the combined effect of …

We study how the normal stiffness and the permeability of a realistic rough fracture at the
field scale are linked and evolve during its closure up to the percolation threshold. We base …

An understanding of fluid flow through natural fractures in rocks is important in many areas,
such as in the hydrocarbon and water industries, and in the safe design of disposal sites for …

The effect of roughness on flow in fractures was investigated using lattice Boltzmann method
(LBM). Simulations were conducted for both statistically generated hypothetical fractures …

Accurate characterization of reservoir properties is of central importance to achieve a
desired fracture geometry during a hydraulic fracturing process. However, the estimation of …

Roughness and aperture are two important characteristic parameters controlling fluid flow in
natural joints and fractures. It has been demonstrated by many authors that knowledge of …

The permeability of geological formations which contain fractures with a power-law size
distribution is addressed numerically by solving the coupled Darcy equations in the fractures …

The morphology of a fracture in a granite block is sampled using a high resolution profiler
providing a 3999× 4000 pixel image of the roughness. We checked that a self-affine model …

The equivalent permeability, of stratified fractured porous rocks and its anisotropy is
important for hydrocarbon reservoir engineering, groundwater hydrology, and subsurface …