Research Article

Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Flow Properties in Self-Affine Aperture-Based Fractures

Table 1

The values for linear coefficient A and nonlinear coefficient B.

Standard deviation of aperture (mm)D = 2.1D = 2.2D = 2.3D = 2.4D = 2.5
ABABABABAB

δ = 0.095.51111.18025.45361.27795.51181.36425.46481.41795.51471.5342
δ = 0.125.68751.22895.64281.32945.61681.41945.69851.54785.66471.6495
δ = 0.155.96251.29425.97631.41315.93161.55365.89041.64915.88621.8116
δ = 0.186.27101.37496.16221.50756.25581.67586.09191.76666.13352.0007
δ = 0.216.53531.48176.49331.59966.44951.77246.45311.97746.45462.2197

Notes: A (108 kg·s−1·m−5); B (1014 kg·m−8).