Effects of fracture boundary conditions on matrix-fracture transfer shape factor

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-71

  Hassanzadeh, Hassan ^a   Pooladi Darvish, Mehran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractured reservoirs; Matrix block; Matrix fracture boundary condition; Shape factor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTURE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATRIX-FRACTURE TRANSFER SHAPE FACTOR; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; STEPWISE APPROXIMATION;

FRACTURE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FRACTURE; MODELING;

EID: 33646874776     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-1398-x     Document Type: Article

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