Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-353-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-353-2024
Research article
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13 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 13 Mar 2024

Investigating rough single-fracture permeabilities with persistent homology

Marco Fuchs, Anna Suzuki, Togo Hasumi, and Philipp Blum

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In this study, the permeability of a natural fracture in sandstone is estimated based only on its geometry. For this purpose, the topological method of persistent homology is applied to three geometric data sets with different resolutions for the first time. The results of all data sets compare well with conventional experimental and numerical methods. Since the analysis takes less time to the same amount of time, it seems to be a good alternative to conventional methods.