Dual homogenization of immiscible steady two-phase flows in random porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Fadili, Ali ^a,b   Ababou, Rachid ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Correlated random media; Darcy flows; Homogenization; Immiscible two phase flows; Relative permability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; POROSIMETERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

HOMOGENIZATION; MACROSCALE EQUATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW PATTERN; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

FLOW PATTERN; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 2542571811     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002465     Document Type: Article

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