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

Table 2

Effective permeability and elastic properties of Sellafield fractured rock masses calculated with two models with and without dead-end fractures.

Model		(GPa)	(GPa)			(GPa)	(m^2)	(m^2)
With dead ends	Average value	21.66	21.71	0.221	0.220	8.58	1.26E − 13	1.29E − 13
	Standard deviation	0.31	0.48	0.004	0.005	0.06	0.06E − 13	0.07E − 13
	Coefficient of variance (%)	1.44	2.20	1.98	2.34	0.69	5.13	5.49
Without dead ends	Average value	25.30	25.17	0.224	0.225	10.02	1.21E − 13	1.24E − 13
	Standard deviation	0.47	0.61	0.005	0.005	0.09	0.06E − 13	0.06E − 13
	Coefficient of variance (%)	1.87	2.42	2.20	2.27	0.85	4.87	5.02
Ratio of two models (without/with dead end)		1.17	1.16	1.01	1.02	1.17	0.96	0.96