Fractal Model of Open Fracture Based on Width Changes of Mineral Filling Vein and Its Fracture Surface Area Properties
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Width of mineral filling vein was precisely measured for veins in granitic rocks, that were observed on draft wall of the Kamaishi Mine (250 m Level) and in boring cores from geothermal wells at Hijiori HDR test site (HDR-3 well). An exponential relationship between rescale range and bandwidth was demonstrated, using position-aperture data, where the rescale range was defined as R<SUB>t</SUB> (variation in vein width, for a given bandwidth, T) divided by S<SUB>t</SUB> (standard deviation within the bandwidth). For fractal analysis, R<SUB>t</SUB>/S<SUB>t</SUB> can be described as a power function, such as R<SUB>t</SUB>/S<SUB>t</SUB>∝(T/L)<SUP>H</SUP>, where H is the Hurst index and L is trace length of the vein. The R<SUB>t</SUB>/S<SUB>t</SUB> ratio for hydrothermal veins in granitic rock typically indicates strong fractal properties, with H values for veins at Kamaishi being 0.29, while hydrothermal veins in cores at Hijiori have H values of 0.20. Based on those characteristics, a fractal fracture model has been proposed. The Hurst index was used as the fractal dimension to infer the numerical aperture. Permeability, flow rate and effective surface area of a fractal single fracture were examined at conditions given by the Hurst indexes. Calculated results show that entire flow rate and permeability were evaluated by using the flat parallel fracture model, however, effective surface area of fracture was larger than for the flat parallel fracture, depending on the minimum grid size. The fractal fracture model, based on the power function described by the Hurst index, is a useful method to evaluate flow direction, surface condition, chemical and hydraulic properties of open fractures in rock and formation.
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