Research Article

Effective Elastic and Hydraulic Properties of Fractured Rock Masses with High Contrast of Permeability: Numerical Calculation by an Embedded Fracture Continuum Approach

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Hydromechanical simulation of the fractured medium with two fractures: case of the nonuniform mesh model using the local refinement technique (h = 7.81 mm) (a); case of the conformed mesh model (b).
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