Stress-dependent flow through fractured clay till: a laboratory study
作者:
John E Sims,
Derek Elsworth,
John A Cherry,
期刊:
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
(NRC Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 33,
issue 3
页码: 449-457
ISSN:0008-3674
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1139/t96-066
出版商: NRC Research Press
数据来源: NRC
摘要:
Stress-dependent hydraulic conductivities of weathered fractured clay till were measured in a flexible-wall permeameter. Measured conductivities were in the range 107to 108cm/s, of the same order as the clay matrix (108cm/s), and representing equivalent hydraulic apertures in the range 05 &mgr;m. In general, the isolated fractures exhibited strongly nonlinear closure characteristics and hysteric behaviour under stress reversal. Some fracture samples exhibited only weak stress dependency, representing observable features of only nominal conductivity. Results of the investigations suggest fractures are closed to residuel aperture for an overburden load of the order of 12 m, this defining an effective closure depth and the degree of maximum useful compactive effort that might be applied to "seal" fractures and reduce fluid migration.Key words:fracture permeability, till, stress permeability, landfi
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