Analytical solution to the Riemann problem of three-phase flow in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-70

  Juanes, Ruben ^a   Patzek, Tadeusz W ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckley Leverett; Conservation laws; Entropy solution; Hyperbolic system; Three phase flow; Waves

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SHOCK WAVES;

INFLECTION LOCI; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; THREE PHASE FLOW;

EID: 1242310684     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TIPM.0000007316.43871.1e     Document Type: Article

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