A Directed Percolation Model for Clogging in a Porous Medium with Small Inhomogeneities

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-146

  Kaiser, C ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Car parking problem; Directed percolation; Finite size scaling; Fractal pore clogging; Inhomogeneous porous medium; Monte Carlo simulations; Percolation threshold

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTAL PORE CLOGGING; INHOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM;

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

CLOGGING; FLUID FLOW; POROUS MEDIA;

FLUID FLOW; MODEL; PORE CLOGGING; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0031077795     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006592717103     Document Type: Article

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