Research Article

Permeability Characteristics of Water-Sand Seepage in Fracture by Experiment

Table 1

Fitted equations of permeability parameters changing with JRC at ds = 0.061∼0.080 mm.

Numberρs (kg/m3)Parameter of permeabilityFitting equationsCoefficients

120IeIe = 6.40 × 10−5e 0.38JRC0.9979
ββ = 8.10 × 104e0.45JRC 0.9943
240IeIe = 8.08 × 10−6e 0.35JRC 0.9246
ββ = 2.41 × 106e0.32JRC 0.9946
360IeIe = 3.75 × 10−6e 0.38JRC 0.9004
ββ = 1.55 × 106e0.47JRC 0.9763
480IeIe = 5.36 × 10−6e 0.44JRC 0.9871
ββ = 2.15 × 106e0.43JRC 0.9827