Fluid Flow, Fracture Stiffness and Scaling
The papers listed below focus on fluid flow and the interrelationship between the mechanical and hydraulic properties of fractures.
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. Witherspoon1987, Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Rock Mechanics editors: G. Herget & S. Vongpaisal, Montreal, Canada, pages: 225-231, August 1987, Pubs. A.A. Balkema (Rotterdam) View
Fluid Percolation through Single Fractures
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Cook, N.G.W., and D.D. Nolte1988, Geophysical Research Letters, volume: 15 issue: (11), pages: 1247-1250, View
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. Cook1989, Pure and Applied Geophysics, volume: 131 issue: (1 / 2), pages: 111, View
Fluid Flow through Single Fractures
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Nolte, D. D., Myer, L. R. and N. G. W. Cook1990, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Rock Joints, Loen, Norway editors: Barton & Stephansson, pages: 405-512, 4-6 June 1990, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam View
Stratified Continuum Percolation: Scaling Geometry of Hierarchical Cascades
Nolte, D.D. and L.J. Pyrak-Nolte1991, Physical Review A , volume: 44 , pages: 6320-6333, View
Multiphase Flow in a Fracture
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J1991, Proceedings of the 1991 Coalbed Methane Symposium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, pages: 433-442, May 13-16, 1991
Immiscible Fluid Flow in a Fracture
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Helgeson, D. and G. M. Haley1992, Rock Mechanics, Proceedings of the 33rd U.S. Symposium, editors: Tillerson & Wawersik, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 3-5 June 1992 View
Multiphase flow through cleats in coal
1993, Quarterly Review of Methane from Coal Seams Technology, volume: 11 issue: (2), pages: 34-38
The Effect of the Critical Path on Fluid Flow through a Fracture
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. & C. D. Montemagno1994, Proceedings of the 1st North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin editors: P. P. Nelson and S. E. Laubach, A. A. Balkema, pages: 81-88, 1-3 June 1994 View
The effect of drying and re-saturation on the gas permeability of coal
S. Roy & L.J. Pyrak-Nolte1995, Rock Mechanics Proceedings of the 35th U.S. Symposium editors: Jaak J.K. Daemen, Richard A. Schultz, University of Nevada, Reno, pages: 613-618, 5-7 June, 1995 View
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. Myer1995, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Rock Mechanics editors: Herausgeber, T. Fujii, Tokyo, Japan, pages: 855-859, View
The Seismic Response of Fractures and the Interrelationships Among Fracture Properties
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J.1996, International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts , volume: 33 issue: (8) , pages: 782-802, View
Coexisting two-phase flow in correlated two-dimensional percolation
Nolte, D. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1997, Physical Review E , volume: 56 issue: (5), pages: 5009-5012, View
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 1999, Proceedings of the 1999 Coalbed Methane Symposium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, May issue: (9943) , pages: 377-387, View
Fracture Network Geometry versus Single Fractures: Measurement of Fracture Network Geometry with X-ray Tomography
Montemagno, C. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte1999, Physic & Chemistry of the Earth (A) , volume: 24 issue: (7) , pages: 575-579, View
Single fractures under normal stress: The relation between fracture specific stiffness and fluid flow
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. and J. P. Morris2000, International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts , volume: 37 , pages: 245-262, View
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, 2001, Advances in Geophysics, volume: 42, pages: 97-177
Single-phase flow in a rock fracture: micro-model experiments and network flow simulation
Cheng, J.-T., Morris, J. P., Tran, J., Lumsdaine, A., Giordano, N. J., Nolte, D. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte2004, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, volume: 41 , pages: 687-693 View
Scaling of fluid flow versus fracture stiffness
Petrovitch, C.L., Nolte, D.D. and L.J. Pyrak-Nolte, 2013, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 40, 2076-2080, doi:10.1002/grl.50479 View
Combined scaling of fluid flow and seismic stiffness in single fractures
Petrovitch, C.L., Nolte, D.D. and L.J. Pyrak-Nolte, 2014, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s00603-014-0591-z View
Approaching a universal scaling relationship between fracture stiffness and fluid flow
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. and D.D. Nolte, 2016, Nature Communications 7, Article number 10663, doi:10.1038/ncomms10663, Published 12 February 2016.
Influence of rock mineralogy on reactive fracture evolution in carbonate-rich caprock
Spokas, K., Peters, C.A. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Environ. Sci. Tech., 2018 Sep 4, 52(17):10144-10152,acs.est.8b01021
Fracture Specific Stiffness: the Critical Link between the Scaling Behavior of Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Fractures and Seismic Monitoring
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Chapter 14: Fracture Specific Stiffness: the Critical Link between the Scaling Behavior of Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Fractures and Seismic Monitoring,for “Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling Across Time and Spatial Scales”, eds P. Newell and A. Ilgen, (2019) Elsevier
From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: recent advances and new frontiers
Viswanathan, H.S., Ajo-Franklin, J., Birkholzer J., Carey, J.W., Guglielmi, Y., Hyman, J.D., Karra, S, Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Rajaram, H., Srinivasan, G. and D.M. Tartakovsky, accepted for publication in to Reivews of Geophysics, Jan 20, 2022.