A finite volume scheme for two-phase immiscible flow in porous media

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1301-1317

  Michel, Anthony ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Degenerate elliptic parabolic system; Finite volume scheme; Multiphase flow; Porous media

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DARCY'S LAW; DEGENERATE ELLIPTIC PARABOLIC SYSTEMS; FINITE VOLUME SCHEME;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0348006695     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142900382739     Document Type: Article

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