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The Australasian Ground Control Conference An ISRM Regional Symposium (AusRock Conference) 2022

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The Australasian Ground Control Conference An ISRM Regional Symposium (AusRock Conference) 2022

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An improved hydro-mechanical model for 3D rough-walled rock joints considering contact area during shearing

The presence of rock joints has a huge impact on the strength, deformability, and permeability of fractured rock masses by providing surfaces of weakness on which further deformation are more prone to occur, and by serving as the major channels of water flow due to low matrix permeability. In earlier studies, water flow-through rock joints is often assumed as laminar flow between two ideal smooth parallel plates, and the well-known cubic law was derived and widely used to characterise the hydraulic behaviour of rock joints. However, natural rock fractures are irregular and of spatially varied aperture. Thus, the concept of equivalent hydraulic aperture was introduced to modify the cubic law. Numerous works have been conducted on the relation between hydraulic aperture and mechanical aperture incorporating various geometrical parameters.
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  • Published: 2022
  • Pages: 5
  • PDF Size: 0.377 Mb.
  • Unique ID: P-02430-X9M2L5

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