A fractal model for relative permeability of unsaturated porous media with capillary pressure effect

Fractals

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-222

  Liu, Yanjun ^a   Yu, Boming ^a   Xiao, Boqi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure difference; Fractal; Porous media; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE DIFFERENCE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 34548760265     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X07003617     Document Type: Article

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