Impact of Induced Thermal Stresses during Circulation Tests in an Engineered Fractured Geothermal Reservoir: Example of the Soultz-sous-Forêts European Hot Fractured Rock Geothermal Project, Rhine Graben, France — The wider concept of hot fractured rock geothermal energy is put forward to overcome the natural limitations of classic geothermal fields. A suite of numerical modules based on a disc...

Barton’s (1973) model for estimating the peak shear strength of rock discontinuity surfaces includes an input variable, called joint roughness coefficient (JRC). Using this model, Barton and Choubey (1977) empirically determined the JRC values of a large number of discontinuities and designated a set of ten roughness profiles (Fig. 1) that represents the JRC range of 0–20. These ten profiles co...

This article reviews the main features of the transport properties of single fractures. A particular attention paid to fractures in geological materials which often display a roughness covering a broad range of length scales. Because of the small distance separating the fracture walls, the surface roughness is a key parameter influencing the structure of the void space. Studies devoted to the c...

the experimental study and modeling of gravity drainage during water alternative gas injection, wag process, in carbonate rock for one of the iranian off-shore reservoir at lab-scale were carried out. the mechanism of gravity drainage during the wag process, and its contribution to the oil recovery in the fractured carbonate reservoirs were also studied. in the wag process alternatively gas is ...

Percolation experiments were conducted on coal samples with various fracture lengths and inclination angles under different stress conditions using a gravity-loaded rock percolation test device. The goals of these are (1) to improve the technology for protecting water resources while mining (2) enhance research how size effects affect seepage. A three-dimensional seepage model was constructed C...

Abstract. We investigate the influence of stress conditions during fracture formation on geometry and roughness surfaces. Rough surfaces have been generated in numerical simulations triaxial deformation experiments using discrete element method a small number laboratory limestone sandstone samples. Digital surface models rock samples fractured were produced high-resolution photogrammetry. The w...

The dynamic response mechanism of the rock fragmentation and its influential factors by TBM disc cutter are studied in this paper. Firstly, a dynamic response model is established based on the fracture mechanics and finite element theory. Secondly, a fragmentation rule is founded according to the dynamic response model, and then numerical simulations for dynamic response of rock are carried out...

This study investigates the influence of microbes on fluid transport in sedimentary and igneous host rock environments. It particularly focuses on granodiorite rock (Äspö; Sweden) and mudstone (Horonobe; Japan) that were utilised during laboratory-based column experiments. The results showed that biofilms form on both rock types in low nutrient conditions. Cryogenic scanning electron microscopy...