Grid refinement for modeling multiphase flow in discretely fractured porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-269

  Slough, K J ^a   Sudicky, E A ^a   Forsyth, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractured porous media; Grid refinement; Modeling; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; GRID REFINEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0033378206     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(99)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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