Unified formulation for high-order streamline tracing on two-dimensional unstructured grids

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-73

  Juanes, Ruben ^a   Matringe, Sébastien F ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Darcy flow; Groundwater; Mixed finite elements; Petroleum reservoir simulation; Stream function; Streamline methods; Streamline tracing

Indexed keywords

DARCY FLOW; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STREAM FUNCTION; STREAMLINE METHODS; STREAMLINE TRACING;

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROGRAMMING THEORY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VELOCITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 59349099349     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-008-9228-2     Document Type: Article

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