Continuum modelling of contaminant transport in fractured porous media
Continuum modelling of contaminant transport in fractured porous media
Royer, P.; Auriault, J.L.; Lewandowska, J.; Serres, C.
Transport in Porous Media 49(3): 333-359
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0169-3913
DOI: 10.1023/a:1016272700063
This work is aimed towards deriving macroscopic models that describe pollutant migration through fractured porous media. A homogenization method is used, that is, macroscopic models are deduced from the physical description over a representative elementary volume (REV), which consists of an open fracture surrounded by a porous matrix block. No specific geometry is at issue. The fractured porous medium is saturated by an incompressible fluid.