Prediction of interfacial areas during imbibition in simple porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 609-622

  Gladkikh, M ^a   Bryant, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Finney packing; Imbibition; Interfacial area; Network model; Porous media; Snap off

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DRAINAGE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTING;

RANDOM SPHERE PACKING;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

FLUID FLOW; IMBIBITION; INTERFACE; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTING;

FLUID FLOW; IMBIBITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; WETTING;

EID: 0038104991     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(03)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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