Perturbation-based moment equation approach for flow in heterogeneous porous media: Applicability range and analysis of high-order terms

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 296-317

  Li, Liyong ^a   Tchelepi, Hamdi A ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Heterogeneous porous media; Monte Carlo simulation; Reservoir simulation; Statistical moments; Stochastic equations; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION SCALE; DISCRETE FORM; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; LOW ORDER; MOMENT EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; RESERVOIR-SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MOMENTS; STOCHASTIC EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC MOMENTS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0038346389     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00186-4     Document Type: Article

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