Determination of phase-volume fractions from tomographic measurements in two-phase systems

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-584

  Clausnitzer, V ^a   Hopmans, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION; X RAYS;

PHASE VOLUME FRACTIONS; POLYCHROMATIC SOURCE; TOMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS;

WATER;

NUMERICAL METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0033599366     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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