A lattice-gas and lattice Boltzmann study of mixing at continuous fracture junctions: Importance of boundary conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1515-1518

  Stockman, Harlan W ^a   Li, Chunhong ^b   Wilson, John L ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Intera   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; MIXING; CRYSTAL LATTICES;

LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE-GAS METHOD;

ROCK MECHANICS; FRACTURE;

FLUID FLOW; JUNCTION; MIXING; PECLET NUMBER;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE GAS AUTOMATA;

CONTINUOUS FRACTURES; FLUID STREAMS; FRACTURE LENGTH; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE GAS; LATTICE-GAS AUTOMATON; MIXING RATIOS;

EID: 0031164760     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL51471     Document Type: Article

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