Fluid Flow through Fractures and Fracture Networks

Journal Publications and Conference Proceedings:

Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Natural Fractures in Low Permeability Rock,
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Myer, L.R., Cook, N.G.W., and P.A. Witherspoon, 1987, Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Rock Mechanics, eds. G. Herget & S. Vongpaisal, Montreal, Canada, August 1987, Pubs. A.A. Balkema (Rotterdam), pp.225-231.

Fluid Percolation through Single Fractures,
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Cook, N.G.W., and D.D. Nolte, 1988, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 15, no. 11, p1247-1250.

Fractal Geometry of the Flow Paths in Natural Fractures and the Approach to Percolation,
Nolte, D.D., Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., and N.G.W. Cook, 1989, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 131, no. 1/2, p.111.

Fluid Flow through Single Fractures,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Nolte, D. D., Myer, L. R. and N. G. W. Cook, in Rock Joints, editors Barton & Stephansson, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Rock Joints, Loen, Norway, 4-6 June 1990, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 405-412, 1990.

Stratified Continuum Percolation:  Scaling Geometry of Hierarchical Cascades,
Nolte, D.D. and L.J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1991, Physical Review A   vol. 44, pp6320-6333.

Multiphase Flow in a Fracture
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Proceedings of the 1991 Coalbed Methane Symposium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, May 13-16, 1991, 433-442.

Immiscible Fluid Flow in a Fracture,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Helgeson, D. and G. M. Haley, Rock Mechanics, Proceedings of the 33rd U.S. Symposium, eds. Tillerson & Wawersik, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 3-5 June, 1992, 571-578, 1992.

Multiphase flow through cleats in coal,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. & B. W. Gash, 1993, Quarterly Review of Methane from Coal Seams Technology, v. 11, n. 2, p34-38.

The Effect of the Critical Path on Fluid Flow through a Fracture,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. & C. D. Montemagno, Proceedings of the 1st North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin, 1-3 June 1994, editors, P. P. Nelson and S. E. Laubach, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 81-88, 1994.

The Seismic Response of Fractures and the Interrelationships Among Fracture Properties,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J.,  International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts,  v 33, n. 8, p782-802, 1996.

The effect of drying and re-saturation on the gas permeability of coal, S. Roy & L.J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1995, Rock Mechanics Proceedings of the 35th U.S. Symposium, eds. Jaak J.K. Daemen, Richard A. Schultz, University of Nevada, Reno, 5-7 June 1995, Pubs. AA. Balkema (Rotterdam), pp. 613-618.

Three-dimensional tomographic visualization of natural fracture networks and graph theory analysis of the transport properties
L.J. Pyrak-Nolte & C.D. Montemagno, G. Yang & N.G.W. Cook, L.R. Myer, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Rock Mechanics, eds. Herausgeber, T. Fujii, Tokyo, Japan, 1995, pp. 855-859.

Coexisting two-phase flow in correlated two-dimensional percolation,
Nolte, D. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1997, Physical Review E, vol 56, no. 5, p5009-5012.

Fracture Geometry and Relative Permeabilities: Application to Mulitphase Flow through Coal,
Morris, J. P., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Giordano, N. J., Cheng, J.-T., Tran, J. and A. Lumsdaine, Proceedings of the 1999 Coalbed Methane Symposium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, May 1999, paper number 9943, 377-387.

Fracture Network Geometry versus Single Fractures:  Measurement of Fracture Network Geometry with X-ray Tomography,
Montemagno, C. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Physic & Chemistry of the Earth (A), vol 24, no. 7, pp575-579, 1999.

Single fractures under normal stress:  The relation between fracture specific stiffness and fluid flow,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. and J. P. Morris, International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts, vol 37, p245-262, 2000.

Terrestrial Sequestration of CO2 - An Assessment of Research Needs
Wawersik, W. R., Rudnicki, J. W., Orr, F. M., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Wilson, J. L., Ortoleva, P. J., Dove, P., Richter, F., Logan, J.. M., Wong, T.-F., Harris, J. H., and N. R. Warpinski, accepted for publication in  Pure and Applied Geophysics in 2000.
 

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