Effect of network topology on two-phase imbibition relative permeability

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-493

  Mahmud, Walid Mohamed ^a   Arns, Ji Youn ^a   Sheppard, Adrian ^b   Knackstedt, Mark A ^b   Pinczewski, W Val ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imbibition; Network models; Relative permeability; Topology; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TOPOLOGY;

DRAINAGE DISPLACEMENTS; NETWORK MODELS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; TWO-PHASE IMBIBITION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TOPOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

IMBIBITION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SWELLING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33846980163     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-0026-8     Document Type: Article

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