Multidimensional validation of a numerical model for simulating a DNAPL release in heterogeneous porous media

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 109-128

  Grant, Gavin P ^a   Gerhard, Jason I ^a   Kueper, Bernard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive relationships; Migration rates; Model validation; Multiphase flow; Nonwetting phase; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; MIGRATION RATES; MODEL VALIDATION; NONWETTING PHASE (NWP); RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INFILTRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANOCHLORINE; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VISCOSITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34248324879     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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