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PARTIALLY TO FULLY SATURATED FLOW THROUGH SMOOTH, CLEAN, OPEN FRACTURES: QUALITATIVE EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

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

Fractures are both rough and irregular but can be expressed by a simple model concept of two smooth parallel plates and the associated cubic law governing discharge through saturated fractures. However, in natural conditions and in the intermediate vadose zone, these assumptions are likely violated. This paper presents a qualitative experimental study investigating the cubic law under variable saturation in initially dry free-draining discrete fractures.

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