A numerical study of micro-heterogeneity effects on upscaled properties of two-phase flow in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-350

  Das, D B ^a   Hassanizadeh, S M ^b   Rotter, B E ^c   Ataie Ashtiani, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure saturation relative permeability relationships; DNAPL; Micro heterogeneity; Upscaling; Water

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE CONTROL; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; WETTING;

FLOW PROPERTIES; HETEROGENITY; WATER FLOW;

CAPILLARITY;

CAPILLARY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 2942522533     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TIPM.0000026079.44992.fb     Document Type: Article

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