Unstructured, control-volume distributed, full-tensor finite-volume schemes with flow based grids

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 433-452

  Edwards, Michael G ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control volume; Finite volume; Flow based; Porous media; Unstructured

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL METHOD; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0036923067     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021243231313     Document Type: Article

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