Modeling of multiphase fluid motion in fracture intersections and fracture networks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Huang, Hai ^a   Meakin, Paul ^a   Liu, Moubin ^a   McCreery, Glenn E ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTACT ANGLE; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ROCKS; WETTING; FLUIDS; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS; FRACTURE NETWORKS; MULTIPHASE FLUID MOTION; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) METHOD;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; FRACTURE;

FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS; FRACTURE NETWORK; LIQUID INTERFACE; MULTIPHASE FLUID MOTION; POTENTIAL VALUES; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

EID: 28144450928     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023899     Document Type: Article

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