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A geometric anisotropy factor (A:) of two-dimensional, natural fracture systems has been defined according to fracture spacing and orientation in a given direction. Geometric anisotropy of fracture systems has a major effect on the percolation threshold (the critical fracture density) of fracture systems below which the overall permeability is zero.
A two-dimensional distinct element code (UDEC) has been used to calculate directional flow-rates of fracture systems. Simulated and natural fracture patterns, sampled on outcrops in the Lake District (England), have been tested to examine the relation between geometric anisotropy and permeability anisotropy, which is demonstrated to have a power-law form. Also, the differential anisotropy factor (A:) results in different universal exponents which govern the relation between fracture density and flow rates.
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## Abstract The Monte Carlo method is used to generate parent stochastic discrete fracture network, from which a series of fractured rock samples of different sizes and orientations are extracted. The fracture network combined with a regular grid forms composite element mesh of the fractured rock s
This work presents a finite element implementation to treat the Hydromechanical Coupling (HM) in fractured rock masses under the framework of the so-called 'equivalent continuum' approach. The multilaminar concept, introduced by Zienkiewicz and Pande, is used to simulate the mechanical behaviour of