Study of the effect of capillary pressure on permeability

Fractals

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Liu, Yanjun ^a   Yu, Boming ^a   Xu, Peng ^a   Wu, Jinsui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Fractal; Permeability; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTAL PERMEABILITY MODELS; TOTAL PERMEABILITY;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 34147179453     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X07003368     Document Type: Article

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