A framework for modeling subgrid effects for two-phase flows in porous media

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1087-1127

  Hou, Thomas Y ^a   Westhead, Andrew ^a   Yang, Danping ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Hyperbolic; Numerical modeling; Porous media; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

HYPERBOLIC CONVECTION EQUATION; MULTISCALE ANALYSIS; UPSCALED EQUATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 37349115902     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050646020     Document Type: Article

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