Comparison of methods to calculate relative permeability from capillary pressure in consolidated water-wet porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Li, Kewen ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DRAINAGE; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PURCELL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

HYDROLOGY;

DATA REDUCTION; DRAINAGE; GRAPHIC METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; TORTUOSITY; WETTING;

EID: 33746599377     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004482     Document Type: Article

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