A dynamic network model for two-phase immiscible flow

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Dahle, Helge K ^a   Celia, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure saturation curves; Dynamic effects; Pore scale network model

Indexed keywords

IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; NETWORK MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

IMMISCIBLE FLUID; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032852405     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011522808132     Document Type: Article

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