Three-dimensional modeling of three phase imbibition and drainage

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-143

  Fenwick, Darryl H ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Multiphase flow in porous media; Network modeling; Pore scale; Relative permeability; Three phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL);

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032027334     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(96)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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