Thermodynamic automaton simulations of fluid flow and diffusion in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-47

  Yang, D ^a   Udey, N ^b   Spanos, T J T ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automata; Diffusion in porous media; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DARCY'S LAW; THERMODYNAMIC AUTOMATON MODEL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

DIFFUSION; POROUS MEDIUM; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032809647     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006528621365     Document Type: Article

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