Application of x-ray microtomography to environmental fluid flow problems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5535, Issue , 2004, Pages 432-441

  Wildenschild, D ^a,c   Culligan, K A ^b   Christensen, B S B ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure saturation relationship; Micro imaging; Multi phase flow; NAPL; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE-SATURATION RELATIONSHIP; MICRO-IMAGING; MULTI-PHASE FLOW; NAPL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 15844429733     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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