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The flow field’s heterogeneity has a big impact on the solute transport regime. In this chapter, Navier–Stokes flow and solute transport simulations are used to examine the influence of eddies on conservative solute transport through a two-dimensional (2D) single self-affine fracture.
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Dou, Z., Zhou, Z., Wang, J., Huang, Y. (2024). Influence of Eddies on Solute Transport Through a Fracture. In: Mass Transfer Dynamics of Contaminants in Fractured Media. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9187-7_10
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