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Fracture deformation and its effects on flow – experiments and simulations

Rafael Villamor-Lora and Hao Kang: Fracture deformation and its effects on flow – experiments and simulations from MIT Earth Resources Laboratory on Vimeo.

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Fracture deformation and its effects on flow – experiments and simulations

Publication Type
Conference Proceedings
Year of Conference
2020

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Conference Name
MIT Earth Resources Laboratory Annual Founding Members Meeting 2020
Publication Language
eng
Citation Key
3467
Abstract

We have developed a novel experimental setup to investigate the interplay between flow and fracture stiffness in stressed fractures. In addition, we have successfully used ABAQUS to simulate micro-indentation and the mechanical compression of multiple fracture surface asperities.

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