Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments

Keyphrases

• Mechanical Aperture 100%
• Hydraulic Aperture 100%
• Displacement Method 50%
• Normal Displacement 50%
• Fluid Flow 33%
• Rock Mass 33%
• Laboratory Measurements 33%
• Rock Joints 33%
• Prediction Model 16%
• Porosity 16%
• Uncertainty Estimation 16%
• Pore Volume 16%
• Single Joint 16%
• Normal Stress 16%
• Geoscience 16%
• Great Depth 16%
• Rock Engineering 16%
• Confining Stress 16%
• Intact Rock 16%
• Hydro-mechanical 16%
• Coupling Analysis 16%
• Aluminum Sample 16%
• Hydro-mechanical Coupling 16%
• Matrix Permeability 16%
• Saw-cut Method 16%
• Matrix Pore 16%
• Forchheimer Term 16%
• Aperture Measurement 16%
• Joint Volume 16%

Engineering

• Hydraulic Aperture 100%
• Mechanical Aperture 100%
• Joints (Structural Components) 83%
• Displacement Method 50%
• Fluid Flow 33%
• Rock Mass 33%
• Experimental Result 16%
• Single Joint 16%
• Rock Engineering 16%
• Confining Stress 16%
• Intact Rock 16%
• Hydromechanical Coupling 16%
• Impermeable Rock 16%
• Porosity 16%