Rock Damage and Fluid Transport, Part I

Download or read book Rock Damage and Fluid Transport, Part I written by G. Dresen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mechanical properties and fluid transport in rocks are intimately linked as deformation of a solid rock matrix immediately affects the pore space and permeability. Part I of this topical volume covers mainly the nucleation and evolution of crack damage in rocks, new or modified techniques to measure rock fracture toughness and a discussion of upscaling techniques relating mechanical and fluid transport behaviour in rocks at different spatial scales.