Modelling unsaturated moisture transport in heterogeneous limestone - Part 2. Macroscopic simulations

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-369

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Layered media; Limestone; Unsaturated moisture transport; Upscaling technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS;

IMBIBITION;

LIMESTONE;

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

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

EID: 0038047585     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023504128480     Document Type: Article

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