A comparative study on uncertainty quantification for flow in randomly heterogeneous media using Monte Carlo simulations and conventional and KL-based moment-equation approaches

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 558-577

  Lu, Zhiming ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow and transport; Heterogeneity; Karhunen Lo ve decomposition; Moment equation approach; Monte Carlo simulations; Porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FLOW AND TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEITY; KARHUNEN-LOÉVE DECOMPOSITION; MOMENT-EQUATION APPROACH;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 14944352519     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827503426826     Document Type: Article

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