Upscaling discrete fracture network simulations: An alternative to continuum transport models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Painter, S ^a   Cvetkovic, V ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

NETWORK SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; SEQUENTIAL CORRELATIONS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UPSCALING;

EID: 15444372177     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003682     Document Type: Article

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