Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses

Water flow in fractured rock masses is a key issue in many typical environmental and engineering problems. Still, aquifers in fractured rocks are devoted much less attention than those in porous media, as they are considered less important from the point of view of water research, but also because...

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Main Authors: Paola Gattinoni, Laura Scesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-09-01
Series:Acque Sotterranee
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Online Access:http://www.acquesotterranee.online/index.php/acque/article/view/342
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spelling doaj-ea875629d8e34b12bba884915490aa372020-11-25T03:06:36ZengPAGEPress PublicationsAcque Sotterranee1828-454X2280-64582018-09-017310.7343/as-2018-342Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock massesPaola Gattinoni0Laura Scesi1Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Politecnico di MilanoDept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Politecnico di Milano Water flow in fractured rock masses is a key issue in many typical environmental and engineering problems. Still, aquifers in fractured rocks are devoted much less attention than those in porous media, as they are considered less important from the point of view of water research, but also because rock masses are a very complex medium (heterogeneous, anisotropic and discontinuous), and therefore its modelling is a quite hard task. This paper proposes a review on recent researches concerning groundwater flow in fractured rock masses. In particular, the main issues involved in the reconstruction of the hydrogeological conceptual model are addressed, mainly for fissured and partly for karsts rocks, and the following choice of the most suitable modeling approach is critically discussed, through applicative examples. http://www.acquesotterranee.online/index.php/acque/article/view/342fractured rocksgroundwater flowhydrogeological conceptual modelhydraulic propertiesnumerical modelling
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Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
Acque Sotterranee
fractured rocks
groundwater flow
hydrogeological conceptual model
hydraulic properties
numerical modelling
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Laura Scesi
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title Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
title_short Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
title_full Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
title_fullStr Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
title_full_unstemmed Short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
title_sort short review of some methods for groundwater flow assessment in fractured rock masses
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Acque Sotterranee
issn 1828-454X
2280-6458
publishDate 2018-09-01
description Water flow in fractured rock masses is a key issue in many typical environmental and engineering problems. Still, aquifers in fractured rocks are devoted much less attention than those in porous media, as they are considered less important from the point of view of water research, but also because rock masses are a very complex medium (heterogeneous, anisotropic and discontinuous), and therefore its modelling is a quite hard task. This paper proposes a review on recent researches concerning groundwater flow in fractured rock masses. In particular, the main issues involved in the reconstruction of the hydrogeological conceptual model are addressed, mainly for fissured and partly for karsts rocks, and the following choice of the most suitable modeling approach is critically discussed, through applicative examples.
topic fractured rocks
groundwater flow
hydrogeological conceptual model
hydraulic properties
numerical modelling
url http://www.acquesotterranee.online/index.php/acque/article/view/342
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