Three-dimensional imaging of multiphase flow in porous media

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 166-172

  Turner, M L ^a   Knufing L ^a   Arns, C H ^a   Sakellariou, A ^a   Senden, T J ^a   Sheppard, A P ^a   Sok, R M ^a   Limaye, A ^a   Pinczewski, W V ^b   Knackstedt, M A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Morphology; Multiphase flow; Porous media; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SOLIDIFICATION; WETTING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FLUID PHASE; MULTIPHASE; RESIDUAL WETTING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 2942541566     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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