Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture

Zou L, D Mas Ivars, J Larsson, J-O Selroos and V Cvetkovic. (2022) Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment Vol 31: 100278 Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture

The impact of shear displacement under different mechanical boundary conditions on fluid flow and advective transport in a single fracture at the laboratory scale is demonstrated in the present study. The results generally show that the shear displacements and the normal loading conditions can significantly affect flow patterns and advective travel time distributions in the fracture. The results from this study can help to improve our understanding of stress-dependent solute transport processes in natural rock fractures.