Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

We present a discussion of the state-of-the-art on the use of discrete fracture networks
(DFNs) for modelling geometrical characteristics, geomechanical evolution and …

Over the past two decades percolation theory has been used to explain and model a wide
variety of phenomena that are of industrial and scientific importance. Examples include …

Among the current problems that hydrogeologists face, perhaps there is none as
challenging as the characterization of fractured rock (Faybishenko and Benson 2000). This …

We describe the most important developments in the application of three theoretical tools to
modeling of the morphology of porous media and flow and transport processes in them. One …

A major use of DFN models for industrial applications is to evaluate permeability and flow
structure in hardrock aquifers from geological observations of fracture networks. The …

Permeability of fractured rocks is investigated considering the correlation between
distributed fracture aperture and trace length, based on a newly developed correlation …

Two large‐scale cross‐hole pum** tests were conducted at depths of 191–226 m and 662–
706 m in deep boreholes at the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) …

Successful creations of multiple hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells are critical for
economic development of unconventional reservoirs. The recent advances in diagnostic …

We argue that most fracture systems are spatially organized according to two main regimes:
a “dilute” regime for the smallest fractures, where they can grow independently of each …