Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Frequently Used Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Mass Transfer in Saturated System -- 1.2 Mass Transfer in Unsaturated System -- References -- 2 Concepts, Structure, and Properties of Fractured Media -- 2.1 Basic Concepts of Fractured Media -- 2.2 Structure of Fractured Media -- 2.3 Properties of Fractured Media -- 2.3.1 Porosity of Rock Mass -- 2.3.2 Permeability of Rock Mass -- 2.3.3 Permeability of Geologic Formations -- 2.4 Characterization and Reconstruction of Fractured Media -- 2.4.1 2D Self-affine Fracture Generation -- 2.4.2 3D Sheared Fractures with the Shear Displacement -- References -- 3 Basic Law of Fluid Flow in Fractured Media -- 3.1 Basic Concepts of Fluid Flow in Fractured Media -- 3.1.1 Viscous Versus Inviscid Regions of Flow -- 3.1.2 Laminar Versus Turbulent Flow -- 3.1.3 One, Two, and Three-Dimensional Flows -- 3.2 Linear Flow Law -- 3.2.1 Darcy's Law -- 3.2.2 Cubic Law -- 3.3 Non-linear Flow Law -- 3.3.1 Izbash Equation -- 3.3.2 Forchheimer Equation -- 3.4 Multiphase Flow -- 3.4.1 Basic Concept of Multiphase Flow -- 3.4.2 Immiscible Fluid Flow -- 3.4.3 Immiscible Three-Phase Flow -- References -- 4 Basic Process of Mass Transfer in Fractured Media -- 4.1 Diffusion -- 4.2 Brownian Motion and Fick's Law -- 4.2.1 Brownian Motion -- 4.2.2 Fick's First Law -- 4.2.3 Fick's Second Law -- 4.3 Advection -- 4.4 Difference |