Comparison of Galerkin-type discretization techniques for two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 697-711

  Helmig, Rainer ^a   Huber, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW;

FULLY-UPWIND GALERKIN METHOD; GALERKIN DISCRETIZATION TECHNIQUES; PETROV-GALERKIN METHOD;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0032124522     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(97)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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