Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Fractured Rock

Abstract

Borehole Breakouts in Berea Sandstone Reveal a New Fracture Mechanism.- A Model for the Mechanical Behaviour of Bentheim Sandstone in the Brittle Regime.- Failure Model and Spatial Distribution of Damage in Rothbach Sandstone in the Brittle-ductile Transition.- Velocity Measurements and Crack Density Determination During Wet Triaxial Experiments on Oshima and Toki Granites.- Permeability of Triaxially Compressed Sandstone: Influence of Deformation and Strain-rate on Permeability.- Comparison of Measured and Modelled Hydraulic Conductivities of Factured Sandstone Cores.- An Integrated Study on Physical Properties of a KTB Gneiss Sample and Marble from Portugal: Pressure Dependence of the Permeability and Frequency Dependence of the Complex Electrical Impedance.- Permeability-porosity Relationships in Rocks Subjected to Various Evolution Processes.- Slow Crack Propagation and Slip Correlations.- Pressure Oscillation Effects on the Saffman-Taylor Instability.- A Unified Model for Characterisation and Mechanical Behaviour of Rock Fractures.- Analytical Model for Permeability Evolution in Microcracking Rock.- A Simple Model for Deviations from the Cubic Law for a Fracture Undergoing Dilation or Closure.- Scale Effects Related to Flow in Rough Fractures.- Triggering of Seismicity by Pore-pressure Perturbations: Permeability-related Signatures of the Phenomenon.- Scale Dependence of Hydraulic and Structural Parameters in the Crystalline Rock of the KTB.- Mechanisms of Pore Pressure-stress Coupling which Can Adversely Affect Stress Measurements Conducted in Deep Tunnels.- Role of Stress-controlled Flow Pathways in HDR Geothermal Reservoirs.- Porosity and Thermal Conductivity of the Soultz-sous-Forets Granite.- Interrelations Between Thermal Conductivity and Other Physical Properties of Rocks: Experimental Data.