Two-phase flow experiments in a geocentrifuge and the significance of dynamic capillary pressure effect

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-257

  Oung, Oubbol ^a   Hassanizadeh, S Majid ^b,c   Bezuijeni, Adam ^a  

^a Soil Investigation and Model Department   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE EFFECTS; DYNAMIC FLOW; GEOCENTRIFUGE; SOIL SAMPLES;

CENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 24144460911     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v8.i3.10     Document Type: Article

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