Relative permeability characteristics necessary for simulating DNAPL infiltration, redistribution, and immobilization in saturated porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Gerhard, J I ^a,b   Kueper, B H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive relationships; DNAPL; Multiphase flow; Relative permeability; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL); NONWETTING PHASE (NWP);

WATER RESOURCES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; TORTUOSITY;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 1542651896     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001490     Document Type: Article

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