An asymptotic solution for two-phase flow in the presence of capillary forces

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Vasco, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic solution; Characterization; Inverse modeling; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BURGERS EQUATION; CAPILLARY FORCES; SATURATION AMPLITUDE COMPUTATION; SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLOW FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INVERSE ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 12544250395     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002587     Document Type: Article

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