Relationship between capillary pressure, saturation, and interfacial area from a model of mixed-wet triangular tubes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Helland, J O ^a   Skjaeveland S M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; HYSTERESIS; PORE STRUCTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ACCURATE EXPRESSIONS; INTERFACIAL AREA; MIXED-WET TRIANGULAR TUBES;

CAPILLARITY;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; HYSTERESIS; PORE STRUCTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DATA SET; HYSTERESIS; MODELING; SATURATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 38549160049     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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