Effects of non-newtonian fluid and porous medium parameters on two-phase flow in porous media

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 220-231

  Chiu, T W ^a   Wakeman, R J ^b   Harris, P R ^a   Meuric, O F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiphase; Non Newtonian; Permeability; Porous media; Power law

Indexed keywords

NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POROUS MEDIA; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

DRILLING FLUIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TENSORS; WETTING;

POWER LAW; VARIABLE PERMEABILITY TENSOR;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0029673722     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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