Comparison of relative permeability-saturation-pressure parametric models for infiltration and redistribution of a light nonaqueous-phase liquid in sandy porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-157

  Oostrom, M ^a   Lenhard, R J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; LNAPL; Multiphase flow; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BROOKS-COREY MODELS; BURDINE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL); SCALING THEORY;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032027404     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(96)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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