Experimental and simulated solute transport in a partially-saturated, variable-aperture fracture

被引：15
作者：
Detwiler, RL
Rajaram, H
Glass, RJ
机构：
[1] Univ Colorado, Dept Civil Environm & Architectural Engn, Boulder, CO 80027 USA
[2] Sandia Natl Labs, Flow Visualizat & Proc Lab, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
来源：
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2002年 / 29卷 / 08期
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D O I：
10.1029/2001GL013508
中图分类号：
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号：
07 ;
摘要：
[1] We compare solute transport experiments to simulations in a partially-saturated, variable-aperture fracture in measured fracture aperture and entrapped-air geometry fields. The computational model tracks particles through a quasi-three-dimensional velocity field that is based on the two-dimensional solution to the Reynolds equation. The model predicts 84% of the relative increase in dispersion caused by the entrapped phase, and reproduces the experimentally observed nonlinear velocity-dependence of solute dispersion.
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