A new coupling algorithm for density-driven flow in porous media

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Ackerer, Philippe ^a   Younès, Anis ^b   Mancip, Martial ^c  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COUPLING ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;

MASS TRANSFER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM;

COUPLED EQUATION; COUPLING ALGORITHMS; DENSITY DRIVEN FLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA;

EID: 6044278052     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019496     Document Type: Article

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