Abstract

We show that the mathematical concept of percolation can provide a description of the permeability of fractured rocks in three dimensions. A numerical simulation of percolation of random two-dimensional plates contained in a cubic box displays a critical behavior, around percolation threshold, characterized by a correlation length exponent similar to usual site or bond percolation. Thus, general results obtained elsewhere for that class of problem could be applied to fractured rock hydrology.

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