Dependence of fracture geometry and spatial variation in pressure on hydraulic conductivity in rock fractures

岩盤不連続面の透水挙動解析と亀裂面内の圧力変動及び壁面抵抗の評価

岸田 潔*; 細田 尚*; 澤田 淳 ; 佐藤 久; 中島 伸一郎*; 安原 英明*

Kishida, Kiyoshi*; Hosoda, Takashi*; Sawada, Atsushi; Sato, Hisashi; Nakashima, Shinichiro*; Yasuhara, Hideaki*

自然の亀裂中の開口部は不均質な分布を呈するにもかかわらず、一般に均質な平行平板モデルで表現され、亀裂の透水特性の評価には三乗則が適用される。平行平板モデルで三乗則が適用されるのは、レイノルズ数が1.0以下であり、移流項が流れに影響しないことが知られている。本研究では、レイノルズ数が1以下の条件下での単一亀裂透水実験に対し、移流項を考慮したモデル(2Dモデル)による2次元浸透流解析を行った。得られた結果から、局所レイノルズ数の評価と三乗則成立に加えて2Dモデルの検証に関する検討を行った。

Although it is generally known that a natural rock fracture indicates a complex aperture distribution, the fracture is an ideal representation of the parallel plate model. The cubic law is applied to evaluate the hydraulic properties of fractured rock. From several previous research works, it is known that the cubic law can be applied when the Reynolds number is less than 1.0 and that the advection term can basically be ignored in such fracture flows. In this research work, two-dimensional seepage flow analyses, using the authors' proposed 2D model which is considered with the advection term, are carried out for single fracture hydro-conductivity experiments under conditions which allow for the application of the cubic law. From the numerical results, the validity of the 2D model is discussed along with the local Reynolds number and the application of the cubic law.