The effect of changes in surface wettability on two-phase saturated flow in horizontal replicas of single natural fractures

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 153-180

  Bergslien, Elisa ^a   Fountain, John ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture flow; Fracture modeling; Multiphase flow; NAPL; Non aqueous phase liquids

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROPHILICITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; WETTING;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE MODELING; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROPHILICITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SATURATION; SURFACE; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTABILITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; WETTABILITY;

EPOXY RESINS; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETTABILITY;

EID: 33751341523     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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