Modeling of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) migration in heterogeneous saturated media: Effects of hysteresis and fluid immobility in constitutive relations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Fagerlund, F ^a,b   Niemi, A ^a   Illangasekare, T H ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL); PREDICTION ERROR;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYSTERESIS; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 43049110583     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005974     Document Type: Article

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