Influence of relative permeability on the stability characteristics of immiscible flow in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-338

  Riaz, Amir ^a   Tchelepi, Hamdi A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic instability; Nonlinear simulation; Two phase flow; Viscous fingers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WETTING;

HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; NONLINEAR SIMULATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; VISCOUS FINGERS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WETTING;

FINGERING; FLOW STABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33744941106     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-4312-7     Document Type: Article

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