A capillary network model for gas migration in low-permeability media

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 597-608

  Impey, M D ^a   Grindrod, P ^a   Takase, H ^a   Worgan, K J ^a  

^a Dynamical Systems Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Gas; Porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARY NETWORK MODEL; GAS MIGRATION; WATER SATURATED MEDIA;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031169489     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139995289957     Document Type: Article

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