Chao Zhuang

Dr. Chao Zhuang

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 November 2021 in Lithosphere
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ZDZhi Dou
Zhi Dou
STSongxuan Tang
Songxuan Tang
XZXueyi Zhang
Xueyi Zhang
Richeng LiuRicheng Liu
Richeng Liu
CZChao Zhuang
Chao Zhuang
ZZZhifang Zhou
Zhifang Zhou
Fractured rocks in the subsurface are ubiquitous, and the dynamics of mass transfer in fractured rocks plays an important role in understanding the problem in engineering geology and environmental geology. In this study, the influence of shear displacement on fluid flow and solute transport in a 3D rough fracture was investigated. A 3D self-affine rough fracture was generated using the modified successive random addition (SRA) technology, and three sheared fractures with different shear displacements were constructed based on the mechanistic model. A direct numerical model based on the Navier-Stokes equation and the advection-diffusion equation was developed to solve the fluid flow and the solute transport. The results showed that shear displacement had a significant influence not only on the fluid flow but also on the solute transport. A global measure of the spatial variability of the flow velocity showed that the heterogeneity became weaker with decreasing shear displacement. All measured BTCs deviated from the Gaussian profile and exhibited the typical anomalous behaviors, such as the long tail and the early arrival. Although the best-fitted results of the advection-dispersion equation (ADE) model and mobile-immobile model (MIM) were generally consistent with those of the BTCs, the MIM was more capable than the ADE model for characterizing the shear-induced anomalous behavior of the BTCs. It was found that the mass exchange process between the immobile and mobile domains was enhanced in the sheared fractures while the fraction of the advection-dominant mobile domain decreased as the shear displacement increased. Furthermore, the deviation of the Taylor dispersion coefficient from the fitted dispersion coefficient by the ADE model and MIM in the sheared fractures was confirmed due to the influence of shear displacement.

1 October 2022 in Petroleum Science
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XZXueyi Zhang
Xueyi Zhang
ZDZhi Dou
Zhi Dou
JWJinguo Wang
Jinguo Wang
ZZZhi-Fang Zhou
Zhi-Fang Zhou
CZChao Zhuang
Chao Zhuang

5 May 2017 in Hydrogeology Journal
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CZChao Zhuang
Chao Zhuang
ZZZhifang Zhou
Zhifang Zhou
WIWalter A. Illman
Walter A. Illman
QGQiaona Guo
Qiaona Guo
JWJinguo Wang
Jinguo Wang

10 January 2017 in Groundwater
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CZChao Zhuang
Chao Zhuang
ZZZhifang Zhou
Zhifang Zhou
WIWalter A. Illman
Walter A. Illman

18 April 2019 in Hydrological Processes
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CZChao Zhuang
Chao Zhuang
ZZZhifang Zhou
Zhifang Zhou
Hongbin ZhanHongbin Zhan
Hongbin Zhan
JWJinguo Wang
Jinguo Wang
YLYabing Li
Yabing Li
ZDZhi Dou
Zhi Dou

26 May 2023 in Advances in Water Resources
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CZChao Zhuang
Chao Zhuang
Hongbin ZhanHongbin Zhan
Hongbin Zhan
XXXiangdong Xu
Xiangdong Xu
JWJinguo Wang
Jinguo Wang
ZZZhifang Zhou
Zhifang Zhou
ZDZhi Dou
Zhi Dou