Modelling unsaturated moisture transport in heterogeneous limestone - Part I. A mesoscopic approach

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-350

  Roels, Staf ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a   Hens, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equivalent permeability; Mesoscopic modelling; Microheterogeneous; Moisture permeability; Upscaling technique

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOISTURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MOISTURE PERMEABILITY;

LIMESTONE;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; LIMESTONE; MODELING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PERMEABILITY; UPSCALING;

EID: 0037709804     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023552011642     Document Type: Article

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