From the pore scale to the lab scale: 3-D lab experiment and numerical simulation of drainage in heterogeneous porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1253-1268

  Papafotiou, A ^a   Helmig, R ^a   Schaap, J ^b   Lehmann, P ^b   Kaestner, A ^b   Fluhler H ^b   Neuweiler, I ^a   Hassanein, R ^c   Ahrenholz, B ^d   Tolke J ^d   Peters, A ^d   Durner, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D experiment; Heterogeneity; Lab scale; Lattice Boltzmann; Neutron tomography; Numerical simulation; Pore scale; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DRAINAGE; ELASTIC MODULI; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HYDRAULICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LABORATORIES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SET THEORY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER CONTENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

3-D EXPERIMENT; BLOCK HETEROGENEITIES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LAB EXPERIMENT; LAB SCALE; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHODS; NEUTRON TOMOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ON FLOW; PORE SCALE; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; STRUCTURED MEDIA; SYNCHROTRON TOMOGRAPHY; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 49449106925     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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