On the definition of macroscale pressure for multiphase flow in porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Nordbotten, J M ^a,b   Celia, M A ^b   Dahle, H K ^a   Hassanizadeh, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DARCY'S LAW; FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; FLOW PARAMETERS; FLUID DISTRIBUTIONS; MACRO SCALES; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; NETWORK MODELLING; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; STOKES EQUATIONS; SUBSCALE; UP-SCALING;

FLUID MECHANICS;

DARCY LAW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; STOKES FORMULA;

EID: 49449115519     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005715     Document Type: Article

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