EFFECT OF A VERTICAL FRACTURE ON HORIZONTAL UNSAT-URATED SEEPAGE FLOW

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2011-01-11
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Themovementofwaterflowinunsaturatedfracturedrockwasinvestigatedwiththesandstonesamplethroughexperimentalresearchandnumericalsimulation.Theexperimentalresultsshowthatthearrivingtimeofwettingfrontisdelayedbythefracture,resultingintheincreaseofwatersaturationinthedomainontheupstreamsideofthefracture,whichwilllocallyenhancewaterflowthroughthematrix.Thenumericalsimulationwiththefinitevolumemethodcaptureseffectivelythesecharacteristics.Thecomparisonbetweensimulatedandobservedtraveltimeandarrivingtimeofwettingfrontshowsthattheirdifferenceareverysmallandthesimulatedresultsareinagreementwiththeobservedresults,whichimpliescalibratedparametersarereliableandeffective.Thenaccordingtothecalibratedparameters,fracturedmodelswereestablishedtoexaminehowthechangeoflargefracturedaperturewouldaffectthearrivingtimeofwettingfronts,pressureheadsandwatersaturationontheupstreamanddownstreamsidesoffracture.