State of the art of modelling two-phase flow in fractured rock

Environmental Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 157-166

  Wanfang, Z ^a   Wheater, H S ^b   Johnston, P M ^c  

^a PE LaMoreaux & Associates Inc Tuscaloosa   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fractured rock; Fractures; Mathematical model; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FRACTURES; MODELLING; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

CONTAMINATION; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODELLING; NAPL; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; TWO PHASE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030747652     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050175     Document Type: Article

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