Calculating the effective permeability of sandstone with multiscale lattice Boltzmann/finite element simulations

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 195-209

  White, Joshua A ^a   Borja, Ronaldo I ^a   Fredrich, Joanne T ^b,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Lattice Boltzmann; Multiscale simulation; Porous media; Synchrotron microtomography; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33845292244     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-006-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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