Effective constitutive properties for dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) migration in large fracture networks: A computational study

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Reynolds, D A ^a,b   Kueper, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective permeability; Large scale constitutive relationships; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE;

WATER RESOURCES;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 1542757471     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001684     Document Type: Article

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