An adaptive multiscale method for simulation of fluid flow in heterogeneous porous media

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 918-939

  Aarnes, Jørg E ^a   Efendiev, Yalchin ^b  

^a SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed finite element methods; Multiscale methods; Porous media; Pseudofunctions; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADAPTIVE MULTISCALE METHOD; COMPLEX HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; PSUEDOFUNCTIONS; UPSCALING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 34548524809     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050645117     Document Type: Article

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