A novel finite element double porosity model for multiphase flow through deformable fractured porous media

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 789-816

  Lewis, Roland W ^a   Ghafouri, Hamid R ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled model; Finite elements; Fractured reservoir

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FRACTURED RESERVOIRS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

DOUBLE POROSITY MODEL; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROSITY MODEL; POROUS MEDIM; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS;

EID: 0031278789     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199711)21:11<789::AID-NAG901>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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