Multiscale finite element methods for porous media flows and their applications

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 5-7 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 577-596

  Efendiev, Y ^a   Hou, T ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY;

FLOW SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIA FLOW; SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 34247117648     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnum.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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