Theoretical and numerical analyses of chemical-dissolution front instability in fluid-saturated porous rocks

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1107-1130

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^b   Hornby, P ^b   Ord, A ^b   Peng, Shenglin ^a   Liu, Liangming ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical dissolution; Front propagation; Numerical simulation; Porosity feedback effect; Porous media; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISSOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CHEMICAL; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DARCY VELOCITIES; ENGINEERING FIELDS; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; FRONT PROPAGATION; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; IN ORDER; INSTABILITY PROBLEMS; LINEAR VELOCITIES; MOLAR DENSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL INSTABILITIES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; POROUS ROCKS; SPECIES TRANSPORT;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; DISSOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 46249126057     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.661     Document Type: Article

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