Stochastic averaging of nonlinear flows in heterogeneous porous media

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 492, Issue , 2003, Pages 47-62

  Tartakovsky, Daniel M ^a   Guadagnini, Alberto ^b   Riva, Monica ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

NONLINEAR FLOWS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; STOCHASTIC METHOD; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 0142230585     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200300538X     Document Type: Article

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