## Abstract A conceptual model for describing effective saturation in fractured hard rock is presented. The fracture network and the rock matrix are considered as an equivalent continuum medium where each fracture is conceptualized as a porous medium of granular structure and the rock matrix is ass
A Fractal Model for Predicting Water and Air Permeabilities of Unsaturated Fractured Rocks
โ Scribed by Leonardo B. Monachesi; Luis Guarracino
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 425 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-3913
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