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Fractures are both rough and irregular but can be expressed by a simple model concept of two...

Partially to Fully Saturated Flow Through Smooth, Clean, Open Fractures: Qualitative Experimental Studies

Author: B. R Jones, L.B Brouwers and M.A Dippenaar.

Proceedings: Hydrogeology Journal, 2018.

The Secondary Permeability Index (SPI) is a permeability-based rock mass classification, which when complemented with the degree...

Verifying the Ground Treatment as Proposed By The Secondary Permeability Index During Dam Foundation Grouting

Author: B. R Jones, J.L van Rooy and D.J Mouton.

Proceedings: Bulletin of the Engineering Geology and the Environment, September 2018.

Implications of improved understanding of variably saturated flow are numerous, especially given the complexity,...

Lugeon Tests at Partial Saturation: Experimental and Empirical Contributions

Author: B. R. Jones, J.L van Rooy and M.A Dippenaar.

Proceedings: Rock mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2018.