Adomian decomposition of Buckley-Leverett equation with capillary effects

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1796-1810

  Mustafiz, S ^a,b   Mousavizadegan, S H ^a   Islam, M R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adomian decomposition; Buckley Leverett solution; Capillary; Nonlinearity; Waterflood

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CONTROL THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FOSSIL FUELS; LINEARIZATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOMETERS; SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION; ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD; BUCKLEY-LEVERETT EQUATION; BUCKLEY-LEVERETT SOLUTION; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; DISPLACEMENT PROCESSES; EXACT SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLOW PROBLEMS; FLUID FLOWING; MATERIAL BALANCING; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTIC; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; NON LINEARITIES; NON-LINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POROUS MEDIUMS; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; WATERFLOOD;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 52949143845     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460701426049     Document Type: Article

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