Control-volume method for numerical simulation of two-phase immiscible flow in two- and three-dimensional discrete-fractured media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Monteagudo, J E P ^a   Firoozabadi, A ^a  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control volume simulation; Discrete fractured media; Two phase three dimensional flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLUXES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUBILITY;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; IMMISCIBLE FLOW;

WATER RESOURCES;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 4143145232     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002996     Document Type: Article

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