The solution of the Riemann problem for a hyperbolic system modeling polymer flooding with hysteresis

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 205-233

  Furati, Khaled M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS;

POLYMER FLOODING MODEL; RIEMANN PROBLEM;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031060735     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.1997.5222     Document Type: Article

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