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Thirty groups of aperture fields with different mean and standard deviation values were attained to investigated the effect of channeling flow on the permeability evaluation.
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The ratio of permeability of elliptical models to that of equivalent rectangular models is proved to be controlled by the salience of channeling flow.
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A corrected function was proposed to accurately calculate the permeability of elliptical fractures in the triaxial shear-flow experiments.
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This study has been partially funded by The National Key Research and Development Program of China, China (Grant No. 2022YFE0128300), Natural Science Foundation of China, China (Grant Nos. 52379113, 51979272), the Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Department (Grant No. BK20220025) and Graduate Innovation Program of China University of Mining and Technology, China (Grant No. 2023WLJCRCZL059), Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province, China. These supports are gratefully acknowledged.
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Zhu, X., Liu, R., Li, W. et al. Correcting the Permeability Evaluation of Elliptical Rock Fractures in Triaxial Shear-Flow Experiments Considering Channeling Flow. Rock Mech Rock Eng 57, 1509–1523 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-023-03601-y
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