Prediction of imbibition from grain-scale interface movement

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Gladkikh, M ^a   Bryant, S ^b  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Imbibition; Pore network model; Porous media; Sphere pack

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES; WETTING;

IMBIBITION; INTERFACE MOVEMENT; YOUNG-LAPLACE EQUATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES; WETTING;

CAPILLARITY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYDROLOGY; IMBIBITION; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; SPHERE; STOCHASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33751429950     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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