Numerical modelling of two-phase flow in a geocentrifuge

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-241

  Ataie Ashtiani, B ^a   Hassanizadeh, S M ^b   Oung, O ^c   Weststrate, F A ^c   Bezuijen, A ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c GEODELFT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure saturation curve; Geocentrifuge experiment; Numerical simulation; Porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROSITY; SOILS;

GEOCENTRIFUGE TESTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CENTRIFUGE; POLLUTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SOIL; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CENTRIFUGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037208406     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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