Modeling colloid transport in fractures with spatially variable aperture and surface attachment

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 566; pp. 735 - 742
• Main Authors: James, Scott C., Wang, Lichun, Chrysikopoulos, Constantinos V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2018
• Subjects: algorithms; Colloid transport; colloids; DLVO attachment; hydrology; isotropy; Particle tracking; preferential flow; simulation models; tuff; variance; Wall effects on diffusion; Wall effects on diffusion; DLVO attachment; Particle tracking; Colloid transport

•Colloid-transport simulations through rough fractures subject to DLVO forces.•Transport depended on how surface potentials correlated with the aperture field.•As surface potentials correlated to apertures, first and second moments were altered. A particle-tracking algorithm was developed to simulate...