A parallelizable method for two-phase flows in naturally-fractured reservoirs

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 333-368

  Douglas Jr , Jim ^a   Pereira, Felipe ^b   Yeh, Li Ming ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; RESERVOIR;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; RESERVOIR; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031544719     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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