Characterization of the surface properties of epoxy-type models used for multiphase flow studies in fractured media and creation of a new model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Bergslien, Elisa ^a   Fountain, John ^b   Giese Jr , Rossman ^c  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; Hydrogeology; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYSTYRENES; ROCKS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER RESOURCES;

FRACTURE MODELS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; ROCK SURFACES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

ANALOG; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

ANALOG MODEL; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 2942711691     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002780     Document Type: Article

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