Prediction of relative permeabilities for unconsolidated soils using pore-scale network models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Rajaram, Harihar ^a   Ferrand, Lin A ^b,d   Celia, Michael A ^c  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY TUBES; MASS TRANSFER; PORE STRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS;

CAPILLARY DISPLACEMENT; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; PORE SCALE NETWORK MODEL; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

FORECASTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLUID FLOW; MODEL; NETWORK; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIA; UNCONSOLIDATED SOIL;

EID: 0030619895     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02841     Document Type: Article

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