Effects of wettability on three-phase flow in porous media

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 104, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 3833-3845

  Hui, Mun Hong ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; WETTING;

THREE-PHASE FLOW; WETTABILITY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0033741584     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9933222     Document Type: Article

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