A geometrical approach to percolation through random fractured rocks
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 122 (2), 157-162
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s001675680003106x
Abstract
The permeability of rocks fractured by random, planar cracks, is expressed as a classical bond percolation problem on a random lattice, by Voronoi partition of space. The percolation threshold is determined as a function of the statistical characteristics of the cracks, or of their traces on an arbitrary face of the rock, by using an empirical quasi-invariant of percolation theory.Keywords
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