A double-porosity model for a fractured aquifer with non-Darcian flow in fractures

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 868-882

  Altinörs, Altay ^a   Önder, Halil ^b  

^a Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Double porosity; Forcheimer's equation; Fractured aquifer; Non Darcian flow

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CONTROL THEORY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MIXED CONVECTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVERS; SOLUTIONS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER PARAMETERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; CONFINED AQUIFERS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CRANK-NICOLSON; DARCIAN FLOW; DEGREE OF NON-LINEARITY; DOUBLE POROSITY; FLUID VELOCITIES; FORCHEIMER'S EQUATION; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED AQUIFER; FRACTURED AQUIFERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROGRAPHS; IMPLICIT SCHEMES; INTERACTION TERM; INTERFLOW; NON LINEARITIES; NON-DARCIAN FLOW; NON-LINEAR FLOW; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; POROUS BLOCKS; QUASI-STEADY STATES; REYNOLDS; TIME-DEPENDENT FLOWS;

FRACTURE;

CONFINED AQUIFER; DARCY LAW; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROGRAPH; NUMERICAL METHOD; POROSITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 52649138820     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.4.868     Document Type: Article

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