Simulation of immiscible viscous displacement within the plane of a horizontal fracture

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 205-210

  Nicholl, M J ^a   Glass, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

APERTURE FIELDS; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; FLUID-PHASE; HELE-SHAW CELLS; HORIZONTAL FRACTURES; MODELING BEHAVIOR; ROUGH-WALLED FRACTURES; VARIABLE APERTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 0142034380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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