Estimating the Effect of Fractal Dimension on Representative Elementary Volume of Randomly Distributed Rock Fracture Networks

Table 1

Two sides of rectangular submodels compared to the length of square submodels with the same area when = 1.6.

Length-width ratio (rectangular models)
(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)
0.25	0.177	0.354	0.204	0.306	0.306	0.204	0.354	0.177
0.5	0.354	0.707	0.408	0.612	0.612	0.408	0.707	0.354
1	0.707	1.414	0.816	1.224	1.224	0.816	1.414	0.707
2	1.414	2.828	1.632	2.449	2.449	1.632	2.828	1.414
3	2.121	4.242	2.449	3.674	3.674	2.449	4.242	2.121
4	2.828	5.569	3.265	4.898	4.898	3.265	5.569	2.828
5	3.535	7.071	4.082	6.123	6.123	4.082	7.071	3.535
6	4.243	8.485	4.898	7.348	7.348	4.898	8.485	4.243
7	4.949	9.899	5.715	8.573	8.573	5.715	9.899	4.949