Asperity-induced episodic percolation in channels and fractures

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-164

  Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

EPISODICITY FACTOR; FLOW PROCESSES; LINEAR REGRESSION; VARIABLE-APERTURE FRACTURE;

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

EID: 4944227219     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v7.i3.10     Document Type: Article

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