ZHANG Yu-jun, ZHANG Wei-qing. Finite element analyses of effects of fracture continuity rate on thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling in dual-porosity medium[J]. 2011, 32(12).
ZHANG Yu-jun, ZHANG Wei-qing. Finite element analyses of effects of fracture continuity rate on thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling in dual-porosity medium[J]. 2011, 32(12).DOI:
In order to probe into the effects of fracture continuity rate on coupled temperature field
seepage field and stress field
using the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model of dual-porosity medium for ubiquitous-joint rock mass established by the authors and taking a hypothetical nuclear waste repository located in an unsaturated stratum as a calculation example
the two-dimensional finite element analyses were carried out for four cases in which the continuity rates of fracture and pore are different; and the temperatures
negitive pore and fracture water pressures
flow velocities of groundwater
permeability correction factors for pore and fracture and stresses in the surrounding rock mass were investigated in the numerical simulation. The results show that the stiffness of dual-porosity medium is changed because of using different fracture continuity rates; so the state and level of stresses in the rock mass are modified
and then the porosity and permeability of pore and fracture are altered; therefore the variations of values
distributions of pore and fracture pressures as well as water flow velocities are caused.