Simulation of linear displacement experiments on massively parallel computers

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-340

  Lee, S H ^a   Padmanabhan, L ^a   Al Sunaidi, H A ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b SPE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DISPLACEMENT PROCESSES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030231059     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30721-PA     Document Type: Article

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