Adaptive hierarchical upscaling of flow in heterogeneous reservoirs based on an a posteriori error estimate

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-336

  Hersvik, K J ^a   Espedal, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Heterogeneous media; Hierarchical modelling; Two phase fluid flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032460762     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011558421335     Document Type: Article

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