Effects of Hydraulic Gradient, Intersecting Angle, Aperture, and Fracture Length on the Nonlinearity of Fluid Flow in Smooth Intersecting Fractures: An Experimental Investigation

Figure 8

The experimental phenomena for the cases of (a) = 20 mm, J = 10.701, and = 60°; (b) = 20 mm, J = 10.529, and θ = 90°; and (c) = 20 mm, J = 10.046, and = 120°.

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(b)

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