Semianalytical solution for two-phase flow in porous media with a discontinuity

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1001-1007

  Fučík, Radek ^a   Mikyška, Jiří ^a   Beneš, Michal ^a   Illangasekare, Tissa H ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AQUIFER; DISCONTINUITY; FLOW MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 49949103427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0155     Document Type: Article

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