Analytical solutions for pore-fluid flow focusing within inclined elliptic inclusions in pore-fluid-saturated porous pocks: Solutions derived in an elliptical coordinate system

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 987-1010

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^b   Ord, A ^b   Peng, Shenglin ^a   Liu, Liangming ^a   Muhlhaus H B ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Buried inclined elliptic inclusion; Pore fluid flow; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCLUSIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE;

COORDINATE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34249783913     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-006-9061-9     Document Type: Article

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