Macroscopic manifestations of microscopic flows through porous media: Phenomenology from simulation

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue , 1996, Pages 63-87

  Van Genabeek, Olav ^a   Rothman, Daniel H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Lattice gases; Multiphase flow; Permeability

Indexed keywords

POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPIC FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SCALING RELATIONS; VISCOUS COUPLING;

EID: 0030470028     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.24.1.63     Document Type: Article

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