Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Flow Properties in Self-Affine Aperture-Based Fractures

Figure 4

Relationship between flowrate and pressure gradient. (a) δ = 0.09 mm. (b) δ = 0.12 mm. (c) δ = 0.15 mm. (d) δ = 0.18 mm. (e) δ = 0.21 mm.

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