TY - JOUR N2 - The correct management of underground works, petroleum and gas reservoirs and geothermal applications relies on the hydromechanical behaviour of rock masses. We describe a laboratory approach to measuring permeability for different types of rock specimens. A laboratory system was designed and set up using rock mechanics equipment (a servo-controlled hydraulic press, a Hoek cell, a pump for injecting water and a scale for measuring the volume of water flow). To verify the validity of the permeability measurements, tests were carried out on a reference porous rock (Corvio sandstone), with results showing good agreement with those published in the literature. Tests were subsequently carried out on artificially fissured granite specimens with different joint patterns, submitted to various confinement stresses up to 20 MPa. Results showed good agreement with traditional Klinkenberg test results. Other tests done with artificially fissured specimens are described for demonstrative purposes. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/118176/PDF/Archiwum-65-4-07-Alejano.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/118176 PY - 2020 IS - No 4 EP - 833 DO - 10.24425/ams.2020.135179 KW - permeability KW - artificially jointed rock KW - lab tests A1 - Estévez-Ventosa, Xian A1 - González-Molano, Nubia Aurora A1 - Blázquez-Pascual, Vanesa A1 - Alvarellos, José A1 - Alejano, Leandro R. PB - Committee of Mining PAS VL - vol. 65 DA - 2020.12.16 T1 - A Methodology to Estimate Permeability in Porous and Fissured Rock Specimens at Laboratory Scale SP - 821 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/118176 T2 - Archives of Mining Sciences ER -