Large-scale properties for two-phase flow in random porous media

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 69-99

  Ahmadi, A ^a   Quintard, M ^a  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLOSURE PROBLEM; COVARIANCE FUNCTION; LARGE SCALE AVERAGING; LEVERETT FUNCTION; LOCAL CAPILLARY EQUILIBRIUM; PSEUDOFUNCTIONS; QUASISTATIC CASE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030212515     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)80035-7     Document Type: Article

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