Development and application of three-dimensional discrete fracture network modeling approach for fluid flow in fractured rock masses

N Huang, R Liu, Y Jiang, Y Cheng - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Rock fractures are crucial conduits for fluid flow in fractured rock masses. Three-dimensional
(3D) discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling approach, which can explicitly characterize …

A novel three-dimensional hydraulic fracturing model based on continuum–discontinuum element method

X Zhu, C Feng, P Cheng, X Wang, S Li - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Based on continuum–discontinuum element method (CDEM), a three-dimensional hydraulic
fracturing model which can consider simultaneously the continuum field, crack opening …

A DFN based 3D numerical approach for modeling coupled groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured rock mass

X Li, D Li, Y Xu, X Feng - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Understanding of water and mass transfer in fractured rock mass is essential to the safety
and environmental problems associated with rock engineering. It is still challenging to …

Quantifying the impact of upscaled parameters on radionuclide transport in three-dimensional fracture-matrix systems

F Ma, Z Dai, X Zhang, Y Hu, F Cai, W Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Assessing the long-term safety of geological repositories for high-level radioactive waste is
critically dependent on understanding radionuclide transport in multi-scale fractured rocks …

Integrating hydrological modelling, data assimilation and cloud computing for real-time management of water resources

W Kurtz, A Lapin, OS Schilling, Q Tang… - … modelling & software, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Online data acquisition, data assimilation and integrated hydrological modelling have
become more and more important in hydrological science. In this study, we explore cloud …

The influence of riverbed heterogeneity patterns on river-aquifer exchange fluxes under different connection regimes

Q Tang, W Kurtz, OS Schilling, P Brunner… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Riverbed hydraulic conductivity (K) is a critical parameter for the prediction of exchange
fluxes between a river and an aquifer. In this study, the role of heterogeneity patterns was …

A DFN-based framework for probabilistic assessment of groundwater contamination in fractured aquifers

C Du, X Li, W Gong - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
It is challenging to conduct groundwater contamination risk assessment in fractured aquifers
containing a large number of complex fractures, especially in a situation where the …

A numerical procedure for unsaturated seepage analysis in rock mass containing fracture networks and drainage holes

X Li, D Li - Journal of Hydrology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
It is computationally difficult to model unsaturated flow through a highly fractured rock system
that contains porous rock matrix, densely distributed fracture networks and narrowly spaced …

[HTML][HTML] Algorithmic approach to discrete fracture network flow modeling in consideration of realistic connections in large-scale fracture networks

Q Zhang, S Dong, Y Liu, J Huang, F **ong - Journal of Rock Mechanics …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Analyzing rock mass seepage using the discrete fracture network (DFN) flow model poses
challenges when dealing with complex fracture networks. This paper presents a novel DFN …

Simulating Flood‐Induced Riverbed Transience Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Physically Based Hydrological Modeling, and the Ensemble Kalman Filter

Q Tang, OS Schilling, W Kurtz… - Water Resources …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Flood events can change the riverbed topography as well as the riverbed texture and
structure, which in turn can influence the riverbed hydraulic conductivity (Krb) and river …