Towards realistic flow modelling. Creation and evaluation of two-dimensional simulated porous media: An image analysis approach

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-287

  Anguy, Yannick ^a   Bernard, Dominique ^a   Ehrlich, Robert ^b  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier transforms; Image analysis; Local change of scale; Local Representative Elementary Volume; Micro structure; Permeability tensor; Pore types; Random stationary ergodic process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION; LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; MICROGEOMETRY; PERMEABILITY TENSOR; RANDOM STATIONARY ERGODIC PROCESS; SCALE TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ROCKS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MODELLING; POROUS MEDIA; SIMULATED;

EID: 0030131485     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01904044     Document Type: Article

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