Fracpaq User Guide
Fracpaq User Guide
Guide
Version
1.6a,
November
2016
FracPaQ
–
Fracture
Pa1ern
Quan3fica3on
Introduc3on
FracPaQ
is
an
open
source
toolbox
wri;en
in
MATLAB™
and
publicly
available
on
GitHub
and
Mathworks
FileExchange.
FracPaQ
runs
on
any
computer
with
MATLAB
installed
–
Windows,
OS
X
or
Linux.
The
iniRal
release
version
is
v1.6a.
FracPaQ
is
designed
to
quanRfy
fracture
pa;erns
in
rock.
The
user
supplies
either
an
image
file
of
fractured
rock
or
a
text
file
of
traced
fractures
and
their
(x,y)
coordinates.
From
either
kind
of
input,
the
code
calculates
the
fracture
lengths,
angles
and
connecRvity.
These
are
displayed
as
maps
and
graphs,
and
saved
as
*.Rf
files.
EsRmates
are
made
of
fracture
intensity
(P21),
fracture
density
(P20),
and
permeability
in
2D
using
a
simple
parallel-‐
plate
model
and
assuming
constant
aperture.
Lengths
We
hope
that
the
code
will
enable
researchers
to
quanRfy
fracture
pa;erns
in
an
open,
objecRve,
and
consistent
way.
We
also
hope
that
people
will
contribute
new
func3ons
and
new
tools,
and
Angles
report
any
bugs
J
To
get
started,
click
Browse…
to
see
a
list
of
possible
input
files
in
the
current
working
folder.
Then
click
Preview
to
open
the
data
file
and
view
the
traces
in
the
main
window;
basic
staRsRcs
on
the
pa;ern
are
also
shown
(lower
le]
box).
Select
the
Outputs
you
need
(right
hand
side),
and
then
click
Run
to
produce
the
selected
maps
and
graphs.
Each
output
is
shown
in
a
separate
figure
window,
and
saved
as
a
separate
.jpeg
in
the
current
folder.
Click
Exit
to
quit
FracPaQ.
User
Guide
Version
1.6a,
November
2016
FracPaQ
–
Fracture
Pa1ern
Quan3fica3on
Choosing
an
input
file
*.txt
file
example
Power Law